# NTSB CHI05CA010: Beech B-55, N558B, Chesterfield, MO, October 19, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 19, 2004, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Coordinates: 38.662223, -90.651947
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6622&lon=-90.6519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05CA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA010

## Probable cause

The diverted attention and the inadequate flare by the pilot during landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The rental airplane received substantial damage when the nose wheel impacted the runway during landing.  The pilot stated the airplane was about 10 feet above the runway when he became distracted from dropping his instrument approach charts.

## Factual narrative

On October 19, 2004, at 1650 central daylight time, a Beech 55, N558B, operated by Skyline Aeronautics, LLC, as a rental airplane, received substantial damage when it impacted the runway during a bounced landing on runway 26L (7,485 feet by 150 feet) at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan.  The pilot was uninjured.  The flight departed from Colonel James Jabara Airport, Wichita, Kansas, at 1500 central daylight time, and was en route to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri.

The pilot stated that following an instrument landing system approach to runway 26L, he was distracted when he dropped his approach plates while the airplane was about 10 feet above the runway.  The airplane nose wheel then impacted the runway, and the airplane bounced.

Inspection of the accident site by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed the presence of airplane tire debris from the runway and along the taxiway leading to the fixed base operator from where the pilot rented the airplane.  The inspector estimated the taxi distance from the runway to the fixed base operator to be about 2 miles.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N558B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N558B), registered now, S/N TC-2341 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech B-55
- Registry model: [Beech B-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (registry code 1152729) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2341
- Engines: Continental IO-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Skyline Aeronautics, LLC
- Registered owner: Aero Associates Group, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: AAO, Wichita, KS
- Destination: SUS, Chesterfield, MO
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 1,950 total, 167 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

## 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 20041019027279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041019027279A), Oct 19, 2004: Beech 95B55, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot has stated that he was on approach to rwy 26L at the Spirit of st. Louis airport, chesterfield, MO and broke out at about 800 feet. As he crossed…

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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