# NTSB ATL85LA215: Beech 95-B55, N3001S, Owensboro, KY, July 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 13, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Coordinates: 37.745929, -87.163204 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7459&lon=-87.1632&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6832
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6832/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD A SINGLE ENG LAND RATING & WAS PREPARING FOR A MULTI-ENG CHECK RIDE. WHILE PRACTICING A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED. THE PLT APPLIED POWER, MADE A GO-AROUND & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HOWEVER, DURING A POST-FLT EXAM, SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND THRU-OUT THE FUSELAGE & THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE #2 PROP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3001S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3001S-2012-09-25), registration cancelled 2012-09-25, S/N TC-797, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T 797
- Airframe hours: 6700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-E 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph C. Peercy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 12, 1985, 18 hours before
- Airport: Owensboro-Daviess County, runway 23, 3,700 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 765 total, 30 in this make and model, 708 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19850713031529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850713031529A), Jul 13, 1985: Beech 95B55, Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. Landed hard while practicing for checkride. Went around and made safe landing. Fuselage skin wrinkled.

## Other investigations on N3001S (2)

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 ATL86FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA155), Jun 2, 1986: Beech 95-B55 (N3001S), Elizabethtown, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal
- [NTSB CHI65F0003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0003), Jan 18, 1965: Beechraft B55 (N3001S), Negaunee, MI, 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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