Beechcraft 400A N800SD

Summary

On 30 November 2023 at about 18:18 local time, a Beechcraft 400A registered N800SD, operated by Executive Air Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, 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.

Date

30 November 2023 at 18:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Dekalb-Peachtree (PDK)

Coordinates

33.8760, -84.3020

Aircraft

Beechcraft 400A

Registration

N800SD

Category

Airplane

Year built

2000

Engines

2

Operator

Executive Air Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Teterboro → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA056

Nobody was injured.

The collapse of the airplane’s left main landing gear during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After a normal landing, the left main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane impacting the runway on its left belly and dragging the left wing about 3,800 ft down the paved surface of the runway before coming to rest. The left wing sustained substantial damage. Postaccident operational testing of the airplane’s landing gear system revealed that the left main landing gear down lock actuator did not provide adequate pressure to lock the landing gear, which allowed the landing gear to retract upon landing. Visual examination of the actuator did not reveal any anomalies, and it was not leaking fluid. No additional examination of the left landing gear actuator was performed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.