- Date
- August 19, 1985, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N386TBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850819041799A
- Case key
- 34015
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Analysis
The plt stated he touched down with what appeared to be a soft landing but the acft started to porpoise. A go-around was performed and another landing accomplished without incident, however, the acft was substantially damaged during the first landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N386T
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-644
- Airframe hours
- 3,373
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank A. Aschenbrenner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1984 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ICT · Wichita Mid-Continent, runway 1L, 10,300 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,878 total · 571 in this make and model · 3,496 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
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 N386T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.