- Date
- March 2, 1985, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Osage Beach, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N541TBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850302006839A
- Case key
- 33917
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated turbulence was encountered 1/2 mile from the rwy. Near the apch end of the rwy the acft dropped suddenly contacting the terrain short of the threshold. The acft continued onto the rwy where the nose gear and rt main gear collapsed. The acft then slid off the rt side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N541T
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6708
- Airframe hours
- 1,208
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gaylord Lee Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K15 · Osage Beach, MO
- Airport
- K15 · Grand Glaize/ Linncreek, runway 14, 3,205 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 21 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- VIH, 47 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 N541T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.