- Date
- October 17, 1985, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Osage Beach, MO
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N936SBeech H-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851017052569A
- Case key
- 34106
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On fianl approach to land on rwy 14 at the linn creek/grand glaize airport the plt began to apply prw to the two engines to arrest the descent of the approach. The plt finally had full pwr applied but the acft impacted. The ground short of the rwy. The plt stated he was sure he was cought in a downdraft and was unable to fly out of it. Wind conditions for the airport indicated only a slight headwind for the fianl approach. Weather reporting stations for the surrounding area indicated winds blowing generally from the southwest at 9 to 12 knots. No mechanical descrepancies was noted by the plt or as observed during an inspection of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N936S
- Reported as
- Beech H-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 640
- Airframe hours
- 5,477
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Associates Superior Con.
- Registered owner
- Lanier & Lanier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1985 · 160 hours before
- Departed
- 6A0 · Acworth, GA
- Destination
- K15 · Osage Beach, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- K15 · Linn Creek/Grand Glaise, runway 14, 3,205 × 60 ft, macadam
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,675 total · 310 in this make and model · 2,550 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 43 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.