# NTSB CHI91LA130: Beech 58, N58SE, Wichita, KS, April 5, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1991, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Coordinates: 37.669944, -97.229972 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6699&lon=-97.2300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15041
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15041/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA130

## Probable cause

REMEDIAL ACTION WAS DELAYED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - excessive, dual student (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT THE FLIGHT WAS TO TRAIN THE SPOUSE OF THE ACFT'S OWNER TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE ACFT IN CASE OF THE PILOT'S INCAPACITATION.  AFTER A RELATIVELY HIGH DESCENT RATE, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR.  THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS, AND LANDED THE ACFT.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N58SE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-1587
- Airframe hours: 232
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-550-C 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Edelson, Steven A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 28, 1991, 36 hours before
- Airport: ICT, Wichita Mid-Continent, runway 19, 7,302 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,473 total, 459 in this make and model, 2,437 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: ICT, 1 nm away

## 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 19910405012339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910405012339A), Apr 5, 1991: Beech 58, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Student allowed high sink hard landing and bounced.m CFI relanded aircraft. Nosewheel folded.

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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