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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C45H · Panama City, FL · March 18, 2005

Date: March 18, 2005 · 06:42 local
Place: Panama City, FL
Airport: Panama City-Bay County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: EWKA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N231SK
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA05LA081
Reported as: Beech C45H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total960 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Failure of the main landing gear cylinder and top brace assembly allowing the main gear tire to turn ninety degrees. The resultant drag caused failure of the main gear attachment leading to the collapse of the left main gear. The left wing, propeller, horizontal stabilizer, and left rudder resulted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FAILURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER AND TOP BRACE ASSEMBLY ALLOWING THE MAIN GEAR TIRE TO TURN NINETY DEGREES. THE RESULTANT DRAG CAUSED FAILURE OF THE MAIN GEAR ATTACHMENT LEADING TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE LEFT WING, PROPELLER, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT RUDDER RESULTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA05LA081Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPanama City, FLThe overload failure of the left main landing gear for undetermined reasons during the landing roll resullting in collapse of the left main landing gear.Mar 18, 2005 · Substantial damage