# NTSB FTW82DA107: Beech 95-B55, N6413S, Afton, OK, March 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1982, 14:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place: Afton, OK
- Coordinates: 36.690441, -94.960014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6904&lon=-94.9600&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 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69691/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA107

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE NOSE GEAR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID 60 YARDS ON ITS NOSE AND STOPPED MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6413S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6413S-2015-05-13), registration cancelled 2015-05-13, S/N TC-1923, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1923
- Airframe hours: 755
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Victor Kiarsis
- Registered owner: Robert O'Block
- Departed: MGY, DAYTON, OH
- Destination: NEW, NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Airport: OK33, Shangri-La, runway 17, 4,000 × 60 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,695 total, 755 in this make and model, 3,695 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 118 °F
- Observed at: TUL, 60 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 19820327006459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820327006459A), Mar 27, 1982: Beech 95B55, Afton, OK, Substantial damage. Flared high, bounced 3 times before nosewheel collapsed. Reported wind shear problem on approach for landing.

## Other investigations on N6413S (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 MIA06LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA004), Oct 9, 2005: Beech 95-B55 (N6413S), Lakeland, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to abort the takeoff.

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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