# NTSB MKC84LA027: Beech BE77, N67118, Des Moines, IA, November 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1983, 15:09 local (21:09 UTC)
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Coordinates: 41.530021, -93.570739 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5300&lon=-93.5707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33595
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33595/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA027

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR BOUNCED AND DRIFTED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. DURING THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT ENGAGING IN SOME SOLO LANDING PRACTICE. THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS HIGH ON THE FINAL APPROACH BUT DECIDED TO LAND ANYWAY. HE WAS LANDING ON RWY 12R WITH THE WIND FROM 170 DEGREES AT 13 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N67118 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE77
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-58
- Airframe hours: 1281
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elliott Beechcraft
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 11, 1983, 5 hours before
- Departed: DSM, DES MOINES, IA
- Airport: DSM, Des Moines Muni, runway 12R, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 82 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DSM

## 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 19831117058029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117058029A), Nov 17, 1983: Beech 77, Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing collapsing nose wheel and then flipping inverted.

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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