- Date
- May 4, 1984, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3138WBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840504017849A
- Case key
- 33675
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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.
Altitude deviation,uncontrolled
Weather condition - downdraftCause
Hard landing
Recovery from bounced landing - inadequateCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
Analysis
The plt reported that the acft landed hard, bounced and landed hard again breaking the nose gear off the acft. The pilot stated he encountered a strong downdraft on approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3138W
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9566
- Airframe hours
- 1,475
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas H. Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- CSG · Columbus, GA
- Destination
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas-Lee'S Summit Muni, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 122 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 18 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.