# NTSB MKC86LA051: Beech V35, N376B, Bassett, NE, January 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1986, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Bassett, NE
- Coordinates: 42.579502, -99.530746 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5795&lon=-99.5307&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): 34130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34130/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING HIS ACFT AT BASSETT, NEBRASKA THE PLT RPTD A GUST OF WIND HIT THE ACFT FM BEHIND AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VEERING OFF INTO A SNOW BANK. THE PLT STATED THAT TWO WITNESSES WHO WERE WALKING NEAR THE RWY TOLD HIM NO WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN THE ACFT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RWY. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RWY, THE WITNESSES REPORTED A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE REAR OF THE ACFT. WIND OBSERVATIONS OBTAINED FM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER LOCATED IN AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA 19 N.M. WEST OF BASSETT SHOWED WINDS FM 290 DEG. AT 15 KTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT CHOSE TO LAND ON RWY 13 AFTER SEEING THE WINDSOCK HANGING DOWN. THE WITNESSES STATED THE WIND HAD BEEN BLOWING ERRATICALLY MOST OF THE DAY, POSSIBLY GIVING THE PLT A FALSE INDICATION OF WND CONDITIONS. THE ARPT TETRAHEDRON, ANOTHER SOURCE OF WND DIRECTION, SHOWED THE WND WAS BLOWING FM THE NW MAKING A LANDING TO RWY 31 THE APPROPRIATE CHOICE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N376B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N376B-1989-02-09), registration cancelled 1989-02-09, S/N D5157 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Registry model: [Beech H35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (registry code 1151520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D5157
- Airframe hours: 2829
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-G 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Keith E. Houdersheldt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1986, 6 hours before
- Departed: OLU, COLUMBUS, NE
- Destination: RBE, BASSETT, NE
- Airport: RBE, Rock County, runway 13, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 744 total, 256 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Observed at: A1A, 19 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 19860113008409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860113008409A), Jan 13, 1986: Beech H35, Bassett, NE, Substantial damage. Struck snowbank collapsing nose gear as aircraft veered during downwind landing.

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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