# Accident 20000310039849A: Beech 65B80, Midland, TX, March 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2000, 17:05 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WX5A
- Location: 31.9425° N, 102.2019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9425&lon=-102.2019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8071R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8071R-2017-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-B80 (registry code 1152812, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65B80
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO540A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310039849A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON MARCH 10, 2000, AT 1705 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 65-B80 TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8071R, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY WESTERN AIR EXPRESS, INC., OF MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ABOUT 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 34L, AT 80 KNOTS, HE FELT SOME VIBRATION AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER RIGHT. HE STRAIGHTENED THE AIRPLANE AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE TAKEOFF SINCE IT WAS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER HE COULD STOP THE AIRPLANE "WITHOUT CRASHING AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY." THE PILOT FLEW BY THE CONTROL TOWER, AND THE TOWER OPERATOR ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE "ABNORMAL." THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28, AND AS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AN FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE TREAD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE HAD SEPARATED, AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR MOUNTING STRUCTURE WAS "TORN LOOSE" FROM THE WING. (-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 80 KNOTS ON THE TAKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHUDDER. PILOT STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT THE RIGHT TIRE WAS COMING APART BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER RIGHT. RATHER THAN GO OFF THE RUNWAY, HE ELECTED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE. DURING FLYBY, TOWER INDICATED THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LOOKED ABNORMAL. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT VEERED TO NORTH EDGE OF RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST. THREE PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS JUST INVOLVED IN ANOTHER GEAR UP LANDING INVOLVING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WITHIN THE LAST 60 DAYS.

## 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 FTW00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA095), Mar 10, 2000: Beech 65-B80 (N8071R), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the right main landing gear tire tread which resulted in damage to the right main landing gear mounting structure.

## Other reports on N8071R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19991115046839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991115046839A), Nov 15, 1999: Beech 65B80 (N8071R), Midland, TX, No damage. (-23)This commerical pilot was operating under 14 CFR part 135 on a cargo flight in visual meteorological conditions. During his takeoff roll a deer ran across…

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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