45.7833° N, 108.5007° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 5, 1982 · 10:45 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N895KA
Reported as
Beech 6590
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,280 in this make and model84 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Failed to arrest high sink rate on flare for landing. Impact drove right main gear assembly thru top of wing.
As the FAA filed it
FAILED TO ARREST HIGH SINK RATE ON FLARE FOR LANDING. IMPACT DROVE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY THRU TOP OF WING.