# NTSB LAX84LA200: Beech 95-B55, N771WN, Lk Havasu City, AZ, February 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1984, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Lk Havasu City, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.480625, -114.319885 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4806&lon=-114.3199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA200

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - object - bird(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF 'LARGE WATER BIRDS' ON SHORT FINAL. WHILE ABRUPTLY MANEUVERING THE ACFT TO AVOID THE BIRDS, THE ACFT IMPACTED HARD ON THE RWY. THE PLT ALSO STATED THAT HIS LANDING WAS DIRECTLY INTO THE CLEAR SETTING SUN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N771WN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N771WN), registered now, S/N TC-883, built 1965 (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-883
- Airframe hours: 1953
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William A. Fraser, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 25, 1983, 30 hours before
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: LHU, LK HAVASU CITY, AZ
- Airport: LHU, Lake Havasu, runway 23, 6,434 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 9,668 total, 1,702 in this make and model, 9,668 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F

## 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 19840209005819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840209005819A), Feb 9, 1984: Beech 95B55, Lake Havasu, AZ, Substantial damage. Damaged aircraft on a hard landing. Pilot reported he was maneuvering to miss a flock of birds and blinded by sun.

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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