- Date
- October 4, 1982, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bluffton, OH
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N554VBeech 56TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821004050889A
- Case key
- 69990
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Powerplant controls - improper use ofCause
Analysis
Witnesses observed the plt make a steep approach. After touchdown the acft bounced 3 times & the plt lost directional control. The plt did not have any plt certificates.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N554V
- Reported as
- Beech 56TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-78
- Airframe hours
- 2,255
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-F1B4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald S. Eisenberg
- Registered owner
- Donald S. Eisenberg
- Departed
- RAC5 · Racine, WI
- Destination
- G7 · Bluffton, OH
- Airport
- Bluffton, runway 5, 4,130 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 153 °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.