# Incident 19970320007449I: Beech 65A90, Royal City, WA, March 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1997, 06:50 local time
- Place: Royal City, WA
- Airport: Christensen Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9207° N, 119.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHRISTENSEN FLD (8WA6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9207&lon=-119.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,689 total, 1,338 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970320007449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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