Accident Details
A Beech 65-A90 was landing on a 3,000-foot-long, 70-foot-wide asphalt runway when the airplane encountered a high sink rate. The pilot applied engine power, but the engines did not respond quickly enough to prevent a hard landing. During the hard landing, the main landing gear separated and the left landing gear struck the vertical stabilizer. The pilot subsequently performed a go-around and landed on a grass runway without further incident.
Pilot Information
The pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions during the flight. He reported 5,000 hours of total flight experience, which included 500 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.