# NTSB MKC85LA002: Beech 35, N4498V, Nashville, AR, October 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 4, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, AR
- Coordinates: 33.940021, -93.850608 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9400&lon=-93.8506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA002

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING THE FLARE THE ACFT BALLOONED, DECELERATED AND STALLED. THE RESULTANT HARD LDG COLLAPSED THE LDG GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4498V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4498V-2012-11-29), registration cancelled 2012-11-29, S/N D-1318, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-1318
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841004056929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841004056929A), Oct 4, 1984: Beech 35BEECH, Nashville, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot leveled off too high during landing causing aircraft to stall and crash.

## Other investigations on N4498V (2)

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 MKC84LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA151), May 26, 1984: Beech BE35 (N4498V), Nashville, AR, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI66F0178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0178-171528), Jun 12, 1966: Beech 35 (N4498V), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage

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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