Beechcraft B100 N686AC

Summary

On 26 August 2024 at about 17:01 local time, a Beechcraft B100 registered N686AC, operated by STM Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Jesup, Georgia, United States. 6 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

26 August 2024 at 17:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Jesup, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Jesup-Wayne County (JES)

Coordinates

31.5555, -81.8876

Aircraft

Beechcraft B100

Registration

N686AC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1981

Engines

2

Operator

STM Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ocala → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA360

Nobody was injured.

A hard landing short of the runway threshold, which resulted in a collapse of the left main landing gear and subsequent runway excursion during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he had completed an instrument approach to the runway and immediately after landing, the airplane began to turn left. When asked to characterize the landing, the pilot described that he believed it was not “ideal” but also was not hard, and that the airplane did not bounce after the touchdown. He also stated that he allowed the left main landing gear to touch down first, due to the prevailing crosswind. Following the landing, the pilot attempted to correct the left turn with right rudder and applied the reverse thrust, but the airplane continued to turn, departing the runway to the left and coming to rest in a marshy area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. A postaccident examination of the airplane and runway by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed tire marks that began on the runway about 44 feet short of the runway threshold, along with contact marks on the pavement consistent with a left propeller strike. Continuous skid marks consistent with the right main landing gear tire were observed beginning about 50 feet further down the runway, and continuing for more than 400 feet off the left side of the runway. Additional scrape marks on the ground were consistent with the left wing and left main landing gear dragging along the ground. All of the landing gear tires remained fully inflated. The left main landing gear was collapsed and the actuator clevis on the left main landing gear was separated. The left propeller blades also displayed aft bending and abrasion of their tips. Based on these observations, it is likely that the airplane touched down hard short of the runway threshold, which fractured the left main landing gear actuator clevis, resulting the left main landing gear collapsing and the subsequent loss of directional control and runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.