- Date
- April 30, 2018, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N550KBeech 95B55
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180430007779A
- Case key
- 97168
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot in the multi-engine airplane reported that, during landing, the right propeller struck the runway and that the cabin door came open. The pilot taxied the airplane to the ramp when he discovered the right propeller damage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the multi-engine airplane reported that, during landing, the right propeller struck the runway unbeknownst to him and that the cabin door came open. The pilot taxied the airplane to the ramp when he discovered the right propeller damage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N550K
- Reported as
- Beech 95B55 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-2180
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 2,677.1
- Engines
- Continental IO-470L, 260 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental IO-470L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 2017
- Departed
- ORK · Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- ORK · Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- ORK · North Little Rock Muni, runway 05, 5,002 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system
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
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 3, 2016
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KLIT, 6 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 16, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.