- Date
- September 2, 1982, 14:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Goodland, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8453NBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820902043399A
- Case key
- 70849
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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 was on a cross-country flight with a refueling stop at Goodland, KS. During arrival at Goodland, he elected to land on runway 05. There was no evidence that he established radio contact with Goodland flight service, located on the airport, for an airport advisory. Runway 05 intersected with a concrete runway (12/30) at about midfield. The surface of runway 12/30 was higher at the intersection and presented a bump for traffic on runway 05. Ground witnesses stated that the aircraft landed with a high ground speed then bounced in the air when it passed the intersection. Reportedly, the aircraft bounced on the nose gear three times, then the nose gear collapsed. The density altitude was about 5400 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8453N
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1102
- Airframe hours
- 2,589
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William Lowe
- Registered owner
- Gene Smith Realty, Inc.
- Departed
- Juneau, WI
- Destination
- 1V6 · Canon City, CO
- Airport
- GLD · Renner Fld-Goodland Muni, runway 5, 3,002 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,381 total · 57 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.