# NTSB CHI95LA201: Beech V35B, N84FB, Cameron, MO, June 24, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 24, 1995, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Cameron, MO - Coordinates: 39.740722, -94.230262 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7407&lon=-94.2303&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 24, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9927 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA201 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9927/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA201 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudged the flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear - overload ## Analysis THE PILOT STATED TO THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER OF THE CAMERON POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT, 'WHEN SHE STARTED HER APPROACH TO LAND THE PLANE BALLOONED ON HER WHEN SHE TOUCHED DOWN,' AND THAT, 'THE NOSE GEAR WENT DOWN AND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR GAVE OUT AND FOLDED UNDERNEATH HER, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GO INTO A NOSE SKID.' A PILOT WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED 15 FEET INTO THE AIR AFTER THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR FIRST AND THEN THE MAIN GEAR ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN BEFORE BOUNCING ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE AIR AGAIN. THE NOSE THEN PITCHED EXTREMELY NOSE LOW BEFORE HITTING THE PROPELLER AND THEN LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR BEFORE IT COLLAPSED. ## Factual narrative On June 24, 1995, at 1100 central daylight time, a Beech V35B, N84FB, sustained substantial damage during landing at Cameron, Missouri. The private pilot reported no injury to herself and a minor injury to the passenger. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Festus, Missouri, enroute to Cameron, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight plan was filed. The pilot reported to the Cameron Missouri Police Department that, "when she started her approach to land the plane ballooned on her when she touched down," and that, "the nose then went down and the front landing gear gave out and folded underneath her, causing the airplane to go into a nose skid." A witness to the accident stated that the accident airplane touched down about 600 feet from the end of the runway and then bounced about 15 feet in the air. He stated he thought the airplane was doing a touch and go. The nose then dropped sharply and the nose wheel hit first and then the main wheels. The airplane bounced about 20 feet into the air again at a high angle of attack. The nose dropped and the airplane hit extremely nose low. The prop hit first and then the nose gear collapsed on impact. The witness went to lend assistance to the accident victims, and stated that the accident pilot said she, "was not sure what happened, but it just kept bouncing." In her report to the National Transportation Safety Board, Form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated the she flew the final approach as usual, touched down, and started down the runway at EZZ. The nose of the airplane jerked up, came down, and the nose wheel collapsed. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N84FB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84FB), registered now, S/N D-10059, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH V35B - Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: D-10059 - Airframe hours: 2047 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Mary J. Lake - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 16, 1995, 20 hours before - Departed: FES, FESTUS, MO - Destination: EZZ - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: EZZ, Cameron Memorial, runway 35, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 287 total, 67 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 11 knots - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F - Observed at: STJ ## 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 19950624022649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950624022649A), Jun 24, 1995: Beech V35B, Cameron, MO, Substantial damage. Bounced 15FT in air on hard landing. Next impact nose first. Bounced 20FT up. Came down on nose. Folded gear. From the NTSB's public API. 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