# NTSB ATL86LLQ04: Beech BE-60, N202TT, Lexington, KY, December 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 13, 1985, 12:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Coordinates: 38.129417, -84.479957 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1294&lon=-84.4800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LLQ04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LLQ04

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-60
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P-32
- Airframe hours: 3318
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 36; 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)

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

- [Accident 19851213062039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851213062039A), Dec 13, 1985: Beech 60, Lexington, KY, Substantial damage. Ice on windshield, lined up with taxiway. Changed course to runway. Airspeed low, banked, landed in a crab angle.

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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