# NTSB DEN82DA153: Beech 90, N895K, Billings, MT, August 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1982, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Coordinates: 45.650676, -108.380073 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6507&lon=-108.3801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69952/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA153

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT MISJUDGED ALTITUDE & AIRSPEED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDNG. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY BROKE THROUGH THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE WING. THE RWY IS ABOUT 3-6 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE PRECEDING TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N895K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N895K-1993-06-15), registration cancelled 1993-06-15, S/N LJ25 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-90) (registry code 1152904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ25
- Engines: P&W PT6A-6 500 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Midwest Corporate Aviation
- Registered owner: Hardin Autry Enterprises, Inc.
- Departed: YYC, CALGARY
- Destination: NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: BIL, Billings Logan, runway 22, 5,704 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,280 in this make and model, 3,500 as pilot in command, 84 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 163 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIL

## Other investigations on N895K (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI68A0109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0109), Jun 24, 1968: Beech 65-90 (N895K), Chicago, IL, minor damage, 1 fatal

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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