# NTSB SEA85LA062: Beech BE-77, N1806C, Pasco, WA, February 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1985, 15:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Coordinates: 46.409915, -118.900833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4099&lon=-118.9008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40118
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40118/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA062

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

PLT MADE FULL FLAP APCH AT IDLE PWR WHILE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. PLT STATED APCH ORIGINALLY WAS HIGH AND LATER BECAME LOW. PLT DELAYED ADDING PWR AND ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 130 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. ACFT BOUNCED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND AGAIN NOSE WHEEL FIRST COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1806C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1806C-1991-09-11), registration cancelled 1991-09-11, S/N WA272 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-272
- Airframe hours: 1855
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Karl Bergstorm, doing business as Bergstrom Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner: Thomas R. Roller
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 20, 1984, 54 hours before
- Airport: PSC, Tri Cities, runway 30, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 107 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSC

## Other investigations on N1806C (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 SEA91LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA158), Jul 6, 1991: Beech BE-77 (N1806C), Benton City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE AIRPLANE'S PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

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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