- Date
- May 28, 1988, 20:00 local (May 29, 1988, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8567MBeech B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40824
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on runway 25 with winds from 290 degrees at 17 knots. Just prior to flare, the aircraft encountered a gust of wind. The pilot lost control of the aircraft and landed hard on the right main gear. The right strut, wheel and wheel well door separated from the aircraft. The aircraft then came to rest to the right of the runway in the dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8567M
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 477
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert V. Wethern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 4SD · Stead, NV
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- RNO · Reno Cannon International, runway 25, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,522 total · 930 in this make and model · 61 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO