# Accident 20030130001169A: Beech 200BEECH, Jackson, MS, January 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2003, 21:35 local time
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Jackson International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3139° N, 90.0806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3139&lon=-90.0806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030130001169A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 30, 2003, AT 2150 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 200, N208F, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AIR TRANSPORTATION LLC, AS A 14 CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ROLLOUT AFTER RETURNING TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AT 2140. THE PILOT INFORMED THE CONTROLLER AFTER TAKEOFF THAT HE HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR LIGHT ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT. HE DEPARTED THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA TO CONDUCT THE ABNORMAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WHICH WERE UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO FLY BY THE TOWER TO SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT DURING THE FLY BY THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 LEFT. ON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED ABOUT 12 INCHES BELOW THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED 8-INCHES BELOW THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED BUT NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS WERE DAMAGED, AND THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE CURLED AFT. THE AFT FUSELAGE BULKHEAD WAS GROUND DOWN TO THE RIVET LINE. THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON THE AIRPORT. (-23) AFTER TAKE OFF AT JAN THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY RETRACT. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET LANDING GEAR DOWN. PILOT LANDED WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.

## 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 ATL03LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA038), Jan 31, 2003: Beech 200 (N208F), Jackson, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear system 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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