- Date
- August 12, 1982, 17:44 local (22:44 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37MBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812037869A
- Case key
- 70346
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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 reported that during the landing roll-out, the aircraft swerved after it had traveled some 1500 to 1700 ft down the runway. During the accident, the nose gear failed and the bottom of the aircraft was damaged from the forward spar to the nose. Also, both propellers were damaged. The pilot believed that either the left brake or the nosewheel had turned the plane off the runway. An inspection and operational check of the left brake revealed no discrepancies. Due to impact damage, no determination could be made concerning the operation of the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37M
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA98
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Mitchell
- Registered owner
- Richard Mitchell
- Departed
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Destination
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport
- Corpus, runway 13, 7,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 187 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.