# Accident 19970419010079A: Beech 65A90, Salt Lake City, UT, April 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1997, 13:20 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6197° N, 111.9807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6197&lon=-111.9807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616AS-1998-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970419010079A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE LOCK DOWN GEAR. FLYBY DOWN. OPTED LAND LOW FUEL. MAINS FOLDED LANDING. POSSIBLE IMPROPER MANUEL PROCEDURE. (.19)ON APRIL 19, 1997, AT 1320 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME A BEECH 65-A90, N616AS, OPERATED BY SKYDIVE SALT LAKE, AS A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, COLLAPSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING AT SALT LAKE #2 AIRPORT, WEST JORDAN, UTAH.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM WEST JORDAN ABOUT 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.                       IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HAD JUST DROPPED PARACHUTIST AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT WHEN HE NOTICED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION.  THE PILOT MADE TWO PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY, AND PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN, HOWEVER, DURING THE TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA97LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA091), Apr 19, 1997: Beech 65-A90 (N616AS), West Jordan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: landing gear collapsed for undetermined reasons.

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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