# NTSB NYC83LA255: Beech B55, N4148W, Pomona, NJ, September 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1983, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Pomona, NJ
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA255

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PLT APPLIED BRAKES AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLPASED. THE ACFT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND THE REMAINING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY, DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND SPUN AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4148W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4148W), registered now, S/N TC-1561, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1561
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald C. Labrecque
- Registered owner: Jo Don Enterprises Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1983, 35 hours before
- Departed: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Destination: ACY, POMONA, NJ
- Airport: ACY, Atlantic City, runway 22, 6,144 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,620 total, 385 in this make and model, 3,547 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 240° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830922051089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830922051089A), Sep 22, 1983: Beech 95B55, Pomona, NJ, Substantial damage. Left main collapsed after crosswind landing. Aircraft veered off runway and remaining gear collapsed in soft dirt.

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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