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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65-A90 · Royal City, WA · March 20, 1997

Date
March 20, 1997 · 06:50 local
Place
Royal City, WA
Airport
Christensen Field Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100WB
Reported as
Beech 65A90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,689 total1,338 in this make and model102 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft approaching runway 25 experienced an unexpected downdraft and touched down three feet prior to pavement. Right landing gear contacted pavement and sheared drag link bolt. Gear collapsed aft. Minor damage to right wing, right prop, right flap, and right engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT APPROACHING RUNWAY 25 EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED DOWNDRAFT AND TOUCHED DOWN THREE FEET PRIOR TO PAVEMENT. RIGHT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED PAVEMENT AND SHEARED DRAG LINK BOLT. GEAR COLLAPSED AFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING, RIGHT PROP, RIGHT FLAP, AND RIGHT ENGINE COWLING.