Beechcraft 60 N7277R

Summary

On 29 September 1983 at about 22:20 local time, a Beechcraft 60 registered N7277R, operated by Paul E. Geddes & Scott Brunke, was involved in an accident near Wichita, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 September 1983 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Beech Factory (BEC)

Coordinates

37.6701, -97.2797

Aircraft

Beechcraft 60

Registration

N7277R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Paul E. Geddes & Scott Brunke

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Grand Rapids

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA225

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT ENG BEGAN TO PROGRESSIVELY LOSE POWER & WAS SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCREW NOTIFIED BEECH TOWER OF THE PROBLEM & REPORTED THEY WOULD LIKE TO RETURN & LAND. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 18 WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED & THE LEFT PROP STOPPED. BEFORE LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. IT CROSSED OVER THE END OF THE ARPT AT ABOUT 40 FT AGL & 300 FT LEFT (EAST) OF THE RWY. THE LEFT WING & NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RAMP, LEFT WING 1ST. THE ACFT THEN SKIDDED ACROSS THE RAMP ON A HEADING OF 160 DEG & COLLIDED WITH & DAMAGED 3 OTHER ACFT; A BEECH F33A, N1833S; ANOTHER BEECH 60, N6747D; & A BEECH 58, N5800B. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #2 EXHAUST VALVE LIFTER HAD BECOME FLAT & THE #2 EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.