# NTSB MKC86LA094: Beech A-90, N772K, West Memphis, AR, April 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1986, 21:00 local (Apr 20, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: West Memphis, AR
- Coordinates: 35.139274, -90.180534 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1393&lon=-90.1805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34165
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34165/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA094

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N772K-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N LJ-310, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A-90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (registry code 1152908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (registry code 61501, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-310
- Airframe hours: 3121
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860419013149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860419013149A), Apr 19, 1986: Beech 65A90, West Memphis, AR, Substantial damage. Headwind shifted to a tailwind on landing. Hydroplaned on the wet runway. Slid off the runway end and hit a ditch.

## Other investigations on N772K (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 MKC68F0420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0420), Dec 12, 1967: Beech 65-A90 (N772K), Iowa City, IA, substantial damage

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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