Beechcraft BE-100-A100 N799DD
5 June 2002 · Little Rock, Arkansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 June 2002 at about 03:00 local time, a Beechcraft BE-100-A100 registered N799DD was involved in an accident near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 03:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Adams Field (LIT)
- Coordinates
- 34.7294, -92.2242
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft BE-100-A100
- Registration
- N799DD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Little Rock → Little Rock
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- FTW02LA172
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The malfunction of the left main landing gear retraction/extension assembly due to a missing lock pin/washer/nut on the clevis of the push/pull gear extension tube that resulted from improper maintenance.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was on a practice approach when he extended the landing gear. The cockpit gear indicators yielded "two" green indications. A go-around was performed and the gear cycled several times with no results, including an attempt to use the emergency extension system. Two confirmation passes were performed, and it was confirmed that the left main landing gear was retracted with the nose and right main landing gear extended. After touch down on the right side of the runway, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway. Examination of the aircraft revealed that left gear extension push/pull tube was found without the lock pin in its clevis. The pin was found in the belly of the aircraft but no nut and washer was found. The aircraft had recently come out of a maintenance facility where the landing gear was worked on.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft BE-100 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 1999 | Beechcraft BE-100 | Hickory, North Carolina, United States | Carroll G. Smith | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 2009 | Beechcraft BE-100 | San Miguel, Venezuela | Commad Air C.A. | Fatal | 6 |
| 16 Sep 1989 | Beechcraft BE 100 | Houston, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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