- Date
- May 16, 1986, 10:42 local (16:42 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6728JBeech BE-99C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860516082199A
- Case key
- 16821
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This part 135 IFR flt was inbound for landing at Laramie, Wyoming. During the en route and approach for ldg portions of the flt the acft picked up a moderate to heavy load of ice. During the landing flare the acft stalled, hit the rwy, bounced, veered off the rwy, and struck a VASI lighting system. The left ldg gear collapsed and the acft skidded to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6728J
- Reported as
- Beech BE-99C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-217
- Airframe hours
- 5,008
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-36, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Centennial Airlines, Inc
- Registered owner
- Beechcraft Accept. Corp. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 10, 1986 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Destination
- LAR · Laramie, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAR · General Brees Field Arpt, runway 30, 6,300 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,530 total · 1,809 in this make and model · 1,350 as pilot in command · 284 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAR, 75 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.