- Date
- April 5, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3213RCessna 411
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860405013349A
- Case key
- 13445
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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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that while while on final apch to rwy 35, the acft encountered 'extreme wind-shift' & was blown about 550' rgt of course with a 30 kt loss of airspeed (fm 130 to 100 KTS). He stated the acft lost about 300', then was blown back on course with an additional loss of altitude. Susequently, the acft touched down hard on the apch end of the rwy. During touchdown, the rgt main tire blew out, the rgt prop struck the rwy 9 times & the rgt wing was damaged. The surface wind was rprtd to be from 240 deg at 10 KTS with no gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3213R
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0213
- Airframe hours
- 2,262
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter H. Whitem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1985
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Airport
- BMG · Bloomington, runway 35, 5,202 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 889 total · 63 in this make and model · 644 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.