# NTSB MKC83FA225: Beech 60, N7277R, Wichita, KS, September 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 29, 1983, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Coordinates: 37.670093, -97.279724 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6701&lon=-97.2797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA225

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - other (cause)
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - fatigue (cause)
  - propeller feathering - performed, pilot in command
  - performed, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vmc) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT ENG BEGAN TO PROGRESSIVELY LOSE POWER & WAS SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCREW NOTIFIED BEECH TOWER OF THE PROBLEM & REPORTED THEY WOULD LIKE TO RETURN & LAND. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 18 WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED & THE LEFT PROP STOPPED. BEFORE LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. IT CROSSED OVER THE END OF THE ARPT AT ABOUT 40 FT AGL & 300 FT LEFT (EAST) OF THE RWY. THE LEFT WING & NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RAMP, LEFT WING 1ST. THE ACFT THEN SKIDDED ACROSS THE RAMP ON A HEADING OF 160 DEG & COLLIDED WITH & DAMAGED 3 OTHER ACFT; A BEECH F33A, N1833S; ANOTHER BEECH 60, N6747D; & A BEECH 58, N5800B. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #2 EXHAUST VALVE LIFTER HAD BECOME FLAT & THE #2 EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7277R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P-318
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-541-E1C4 380 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Paul E. Geddes & Scott Brunke
- Registered owner: Scott M. Brunke
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 17, 1983, 10 hours before
- Destination: GRR, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Airport: BEC, Beech Factory, runway 18, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,600 total, 60 in this make and model, 3,285 as pilot in command, 153 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 17 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830929052429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830929052429A), Sep 29, 1983: Beech B60, Wichita, KS, Destroyed. Crash occurred during attempted landing with left engine shut down. Left engine suffered intake valve failure.

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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