- Date
- April 19, 1986, 21:00 local (Apr 20, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Memphis, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N772KBeech A-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860419013149A
- Case key
- 34165
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Analysis
The plt made a landing to a rain slick rwy at West Memphis, Arkansas. The plt stated the acft hydroplaned and that braking was negligible. The pic's attempts to use the reversers resulted in the acft yawing. Wind shifts in the rain showers extended the acft's touchdown point. The acft landed with tailwind conditions, with insufficient airspeed and rwy available after the attempts to stop, for a go-around to be initiated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N772K
- Reported as
- Beech A-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-310
- Airframe hours
- 3,121
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tri-State Mack Distributors
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 25, 1986 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Airport
- AWM · West Memphis, runway 17, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,544 total · 2,130 in this make and model · 11,544 as pilot in command · 627 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 18 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 N772K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.