# NTSB ANC95LA094: Beech 36, N8067U, Chitina, AK, July 4, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1995, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Chitina, AK
- Coordinates: 61.450107, -143.150009 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4501&lon=-143.1500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 2679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC95LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2679/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA094

## Probable cause

AN INADVERTENT STALL WHILE ON APPROACH. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION WAS A FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT.  HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR A SHORT-FIELD LANDING AT 80 KNOTS AIRSPEED.  HE STATED THAT AT TEN FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, RIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THE AIRCRAFT SLIPPED SIDEWAYS, STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE LANDING GEAR.

## Factual narrative

On July 4, 1995, approximately 1100 Alaska daylight time, a  Beech 36 airplane, N8067U, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at McCarthy #2 airstrip, located approximately 75 miles east of Chitina, Alaska.  The private pilot and his three passengers were uninjured.  The pleasure flight last departed Gulkana, Alaska, approximately 1000, with an intended destination of McCarthy #2.  No flight plan was filed for the flight.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

The pilot stated that he was landing at or near gross weight, and was established on final approach for a short-field landing at 80 knots airspeed.  He stated that, at 10 feet above the ground, above the end of the runway, the aircraft slipped sideways, stalled, and impacted the runway with a side load on the landing gear, substantially damaging the left wing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8067U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8067U), registered now, S/N EA-536, built 1992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36
- Registry model: [Beech B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (registry code 1151609) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: EA-536
- Airframe hours: 605
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-VB 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Glyn Bindon
- Registered owner: Trijicon, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1994, 100 hours before
- Departed: GLK, GULKANA, AK
- Destination: 15Z
- Airport: 15Z, Mccarthy No. 2, runway 1, 3,400 × 90 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 962 total, 641 in this make and model, 870 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 39 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950704022749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950704022749A), Jul 4, 1995: Beech B36TC, Mccarthy, AK, Substantial damage. Slipped sideways on flare and stalled. Side load impact damaged at wing.

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.

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