# Accident 20200824014249A: Beech 95-A55, Nashville, TN, August 24, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2020, 10:10 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1244° N, 86.6781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1244&lon=-86.6781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8629M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8629M-2021-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-A55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,537 total, 29 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200824014249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

APPROXIMATELY 5-10 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO HAVE LOST POWER AND "DROPPED". THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD AND FLEW BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOTS TRIED TO PUSH ALL CONTROLS FORWARD BUT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STARTED TO YAW TO THE LEFT.. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLES BACK AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO BOUNCE TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA20CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA296), Aug 24, 2020: Beech 55 (N8629M), Nashville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent feathering of the propellers during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in the accident was the instructor's failure to fully monitor the pilot's…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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