# NTSB ATL85LA022: Beech 95, N2773Y, Birmingham, AL, October 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Coordinates: 33.520229, -86.810264 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5202&lon=-86.8103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6696
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6696/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,tire - burst

## Analysis

PLT REPORTED APCH WAS HIGH AND FAST BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN DURING THE NORMAL LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR TIRE BLEW. A WITNESS STATED THE ACFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IMPACTED ON THE NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN THE BLOWN OUT TIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2773Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech 95
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD-142
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph F. Johnston
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ROA, ROANOKE, VA
- Airport: BHM, Birmingham, runway 36, 4,856 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BHM

## 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 19841026060759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841026060759A), Oct 26, 1984: Beech 95, Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoised during fast landing and nose wheel collapsed causing substantial damage.

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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