- Date
- July 18, 1995, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Delavan, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3070WBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950718021089A
- Case key
- 9973
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Lack of experience in the make and model aircraft was a factor.
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 pilot had a total of 6.2 hours in the make and model aircraft. The pilot reported that he experienced a 'burble' during the landing flare. The airplane bounced twice before landing. During rollout the nose wheel separated from the airplane resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On July 18, 1995, at 1620 central daylight time, a Beech 55, N3070W, sustained substantial damage as a result of a hard landing at Lake Lawn Airport, Delavan, Wisconsin. The commercial pilot received minor injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Palwaukee Municipal Airport, Wheeling, Illinois, en route to Lake Lawn Airport, Delavan, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight plan was filed.
The pilot had a total of 6.2 hours in the make and model aircraft. The pilot reported that he experienced a "burble" during the landing flare. The airplane bounced twice before landing. During rollout the nose wheel separated from the airplane and the weight of the airplane was supported by the nose strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3070W
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Windy City Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PWK · Palwaukee, IL
- Destination
- C59
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- C59 · Lake Lawn, runway 36, 4,423 × 80 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
- 62
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,096 total · 6 in this make and model · 14,096 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.