# NTSB MKC85LA195: Beech 95-B55, N386T, Wichita, KS, August 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1985, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Coordinates: 37.650367, -97.430274 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6504&lon=-97.4303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N386T-1996-09-20), registration cancelled 1996-09-20, S/N TC644 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-644
- Airframe hours: 3373
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850819041799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850819041799A), Aug 19, 1985: Beech 95B55, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Porpoised on touchdown and then went around. After landing found propeller damage and wrinkled fuselage.

## Other investigations on N386T (1)

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 LAX96LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA259), Jul 2, 1996: Beech 95-B55 (N386T), Ramona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.

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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