# NTSB CHI87LA214: Beech E55, N146M, Green Bay, WI, September 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1987, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Coordinates: 44.539093, -88.049957 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5391&lon=-88.0500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA214

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT INTENDED TO LAND LONG ON RWY 36L SINCE HE PARKED THE ACFT NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE FLEW OVER THE RWY AT AN ALT OF APRX 30 FT UNTIL NEAR THE INTX WITH RWY 6/24, THEN HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES & ADJUSTED THE TRIM FOR LANDING. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE ACFT DROPPED TO THE RWY, PORPOISED TWICE & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N146M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N146M-2012-06-21), registration cancelled 2012-06-21, S/N TE1112, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE1112
- Airframe hours: 1615
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dutchess Air Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 31, 1986, 130 hours before
- Departed: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Destination: GRB
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GRB, Austin Straubel, runway 36L, 8,200 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,194 total, 651 in this make and model, 2,194 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRB

## 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 19870920058919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870920058919A), Sep 20, 1987: Beech E55, Green Bay, WI, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high and allowed the aircraft to drop hard to the runway. Aircraft porpoised. Broke off nose strut.

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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