# Incident 20020802023869I: Beech 200BEECH, Denton, TX, August 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2002, 18:30 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N376RC-2019-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 935 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802023869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/02/02 AT APPROXIMATELY 1816 HOURS CDT BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR AIRCRAFT BE-200, N376RC, DEPARTED DENTON AIRPORT (DTO) ENROUTE TO SHREVEPORT, LA. ON TAKE OFF THE PILOT NOTED THAT BOTH GENERATOR INOPERATIVE CAUTION LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED AND, AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTING TO REGAIN GENERATOR POWER, RETURNED TO DTO. THE PILOT TOOK ACTIONS HE DEEMED NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS SAFELY EXTENDED, THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 17. THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ON LANDING. THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT UNDER POWER. THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE. PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW PUBLISHED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE. POST INCIDENT (POST-CRASH) MAINTENANCE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED; THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED; THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS PUMPED 8 1/2 TIMES BEFORE ENCOUNTERING RESISTANCE, I.E., FULL DOWN; THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TRANSIT LIGHTS AND THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PROPERLY; THE ONLY CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED OR POPPED WAS THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN CB AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS IN THE AUTO POSITION AND OPERATIONAL WHEN BATTERY POWER.

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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