# NTSB CHI84LA173: Beech A36, N3735Y, Minneapolis, MN, May 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1984, 20:40 local (May 2, 1984, 01:40 UTC)
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&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): 12597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12597/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA173

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD DURING THE LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP. THE PLT SAID HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ARREST THE SINK RATE OF THE ACFT WITH POWER DURING THE LANDING FLARE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3735Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3735Y-2013-11-12), registration cancelled 2013-11-12, S/N E-1767, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E1767
- Airframe hours: 1179
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: G & R Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 14, 1983, 70 hours before
- Departed: 06C, SCHAUMBURG, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud, runway 27L, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 443 total, 10 in this make and model, 292 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FCM

## 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 19840501016619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840501016619A), May 1, 1984: Beech A36, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Landed hard, bounced, came back down on nose gear which collapsed from overload.

## Other investigations on N3735Y (1)

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 ATL92LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA010), Oct 17, 1991: Beech A36 (N3735Y), Selma, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHT BLADE, WHICH RESULTED FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE COUNTERWEIGHT PIN BUSHINGS, DUE TO CORROSION FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.

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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