# NTSB FTW87LA189: Beech V35B, N9048Q, El Reno, OK, August 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1987, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: El Reno, OK
- Coordinates: 35.539901, -97.960533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5399&lon=-97.9605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA189

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - control interference - initiated, passenger (contributing factor)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN AND BEGAN PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, FOLLOWING THE SECOND BOUNCE, THE RT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND THE ACFT VEERED LEFT INTO A FENCE. AFTER STRIKING THE FENCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN IT DUG INTO SOFT PLOWED DIRT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND SKIDDED TO A STOP INVERTED. THE RT FRONT SEAT PAX WAS NOT A RATED PILOT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9048Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9048Q), registered now, S/N D-9189, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D9189
- Airframe hours: 2847
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO 520 BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: H & H Ind. Of Oklahoma
- Registered owner: H & H Industries Of Oklahoma
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 27, 1987, 5 hours before
- Departed: PWA, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Airport: F28, El Reno Municipal, runway 35, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 186 total, 137 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OKC, 20 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 19870805043479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805043479A), Aug 5, 1987: Beech V35B, El Reno, OK, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced on landing. Passenger panicked, advanced throttle. Wing struck a fence beside runway, flipped over

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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