# NTSB CHI84LA190: Beech V35B, N6660T, West Chicago, IL, May 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.879871, -88.219459 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8799&lon=-88.2195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12612
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12612/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA190

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D 10283
- Airframe hours: 1348
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840514016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840514016949A), May 14, 1984: Beech V35B, West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft ballooned during landing. Pilot lowered nose abruptly causing nose wheel to collapse.

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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