- Date
- January 16, 1985, 23:35 local (Jan 17, 1985, 04:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4098SBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850116003539A
- Case key
- 12990
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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Visual lookout - reducedFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
Plt diverted due to icing/unfavorable wx at dest. Plt stated the windshield iced over during the apch at purdue university arpt (the alternate) and he flared high resulting in a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4098S
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH600
- Airframe hours
- 2,350
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Eagle Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Albatross Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAF · Purdue University, runway 10, 6,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
N4098SRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2012 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,453 total · 315 in this make and model · 1,640 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.