- Date
- May 14, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6660TBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840514016949A
- Case key
- 12612
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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
Lack of total experienceCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - separationFactor
Analysis
The acft bounced during landing and lost the nose gear in the process. The plt stated he touched down on all three gear, ballooning back into the air nose high. He stated he pushed the nose down to gain airspeed when the nose hit the runway breaking off the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6660T
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D 10283
- Airframe hours
- 1,348
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond J. Lademann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 10, 1984 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Du Page, runway 33, 3,401 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 35 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °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.