- Date
- October 4, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4498VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841004056929A
- Case key
- 33874
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - improper
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
Hard landing
Proper descent rate - exceededCause
Complete gear collapsed
Analysis
During the flare the acft ballooned, decelerated and stalled. The resultant hard ldg collapsed the ldg gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4498V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1318
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental E-185-8, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry A. Bell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 2R3 · Belle Chasse, LA
- Destination
- M77 · Nashville, AR
- Airport
- runway 10, 2,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
N4498VRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 51 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK, 26 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.
Other investigations on N4498V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC84LA151Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNashville, ARThe acft collided with the ground after takeoff. The plt said he over-rotated during takeoff. The acft rolled right and left, striking the right landing gear and then the left wing on the rwy.NTSB CHI66F0178Accident · No injuriesClosedSandusky, OH