Beechcraft BE-200 N888B
8 March 1984 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 March 1984 at about 02:16 local time, a Beechcraft BE-200 registered N888B was involved in an incident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:16
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Meacham (FTW)
- Coordinates
- 32.8190, -97.3602
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft BE-200
- Registration
- N888B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Jose → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Bright
- NTSB number
- FTW84IA163
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Probable cause
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
ACFT VEERED RT ON TOUCHDOWN. HEAVY BRAKING AND DIFFERENTIAL PWR USED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. BOTH RT SIDE TIRES AND THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE BLEW DURING ROLLOUT. PLT STATED LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING ROLLOUT. AFTER ENGINES WERE SECURED PAX & CREW EVACUATED ACFT. A PAX STEPPED ON AIRSTEP DOOR TO ENTER ACFT AND RT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED MAIN GEAR COCKPIT LIGHTS WERE WIRED BACKWARDS, THUS THE FALSE UNSAFE WARNING ON LEFT GEAR. RT WHEEL INBOARD BRAKE WAS BINDING WHEN 100 PSI TEST PRESSURE WAS RELEASED. BOTH BRAKE PLATE ASSEMBLIES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HEAT. DISASSEMBLY OF WHEEL ASS'Y REVEALED PISTON BORES HAD BEEN SANDED DOWN TO POINT WHERE 16 RMS FINISH WAS REMOVED. BOTH SHUTTLE VALVE 'O' RINGS SHOWED DETERIORATION. HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL VISCOSITY AND CONTAINED HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUN, ALUMINUM AND NICKEL. BRAKE ASS'Y WERE OVERHAULED UNITS INSTALLED 1832 HRS PRIOR TO INCIDENT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft BE-200 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 1983 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | Aviex Jet, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 1985 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Hamptonburgh, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Jun 1992 | Beechcraft BE-200 | New Castle, Delaware, United States | Omega Air Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 13 May 1992 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States | Francesco Garrisi | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1997 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Huarmey, Peru | Aero-Condor S.a. | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 1997 | Beechcraft BE-200 | Banjul, Gambia | Naysa | Fatal | 8 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 1984 | Cessna 402B | El Paso, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 1984 | Owen Robert R QUICKIE 2 | Ponder, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Mar 1984 | Cessna 150L | New Boston, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Apr 1984 | Beechcraft B35 | Nocona, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 1984 | Grumman G-164A | Beaumont, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 1984 | Cessna 150 | Papalote, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |