- Date
- December 13, 1985, 12:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N202TTBeech BE-60
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851213062039A
- Case key
- 7202
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Analysis
The left main gear and nose gear collapsed following a loss of control during touchdown. During the flare the acft banked sharply to the right and struck the rwy. The acft then bounced onto the left gear, collapsing it and the nose gear before slidding off the left side of the rwy. Wind at the time of the accident was reported being from 320 degs at 12 KTS gusting to 21 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202TT
- Reported as
- Beech BE-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-32
- Airframe hours
- 3,318
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1A4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tele-Tech Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 26, 1985 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- MSL · Muscle Shoals, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LEX · Blue Grass Field, runway 4, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,569 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,443 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX
FAA reports on this event · 1
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