- Date
- July 13, 1982, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laurens, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1456GBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820713028669A
- Case key
- 71387
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had no current medical certificate or FAA pilot license. He stated that most of the time, he had a pilot in the company, but on this day, he was unable to obtain a pilot and conducted the flight himself. He stated that during his landing approach at the destination, he was low and slow, drifted sideways, and touched down off the side of the runway, on the city golf course. The runway was on the golf course grounds. The nose and left main gear collapsed and there was substantial damage to the propellers, lower fuselage, and left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1456G
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-246
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Commercial Coatings, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Commercial Coatings, Inc.
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- 5K5 · Skyways, runway 36, 2,247 × 157 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.