# NTSB CHI85LA092: Beech BE-58, N4098S, Lafayette, IN, January 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 16, 1985, 23:35 local (Jan 17, 1985, 04:35 UTC)
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Coordinates: 40.44091, -86.9095 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4409&lon=-86.9095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12990/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA092

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - reduced (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4098S-2012-04-18), registration cancelled 2012-04-18, S/N TH-600, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH600
- Airframe hours: 2350
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850116003539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850116003539A), Jan 16, 1985: Beech 58, Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. Hard landing on right main gear due to ice on windshield. Right propeller struck ground and some fuselage buckling.

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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