# NTSB MKC84LA023: Beech A-36, N343BA, Satanta, KS, November 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 13, 1983, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Satanta, KS
- Coordinates: 37.429832, -100.98069 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4298&lon=-100.9807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33591/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID HE WAS APPROACHING TO LAND AND WAS LOW ON APPROACH. AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, STRIKING WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A CURB ABOUT 1 FOOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE LEFT WING REAR SPAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N343BA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343BA-2004-01-05), registration cancelled 2004-01-05, S/N E-1317, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech A-36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-1317
- Airframe hours: 1399
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Midwest Property Management Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1982, 258 hours before
- Departed: PWA, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Airport: 1K9, Satanta Municipal, runway 21, 3,340 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,888 total, 2,433 in this make and model, 2,448 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GCK, 27 nm away

## 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 19831113057509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831113057509A), Nov 13, 1983: Beech A36, Satanta, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck curb off edge of runway threshold on landing. Impact on left main gear bent rear wing spar.

## Other investigations on N343BA (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL03FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA052), Mar 2, 2003: Beech BE-36A (N343BA), Mount Airy, NC, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation. A factor was low clouds.

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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