# Incident 20070304002449I: Beech 200BEECH, Fayetteville, AR, March 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2007, 16:12 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EV4A
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1194C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 980 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070304002449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/04/07 AIRCRAFT N1194C, BEECHCRAFT KING AIRE, BE-200 DEPARTED LITTLE ROCK, AR WITH A DESTINATION OF SHREVESPORT, LA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER VFR AND FAR 135 RULES WITH TWO PASSENGERS ABOARD. UPON DEPARTURE FROM LITTLE ROCK, AR THE PIC ATP ^PRIVACY DA^ NOTED THE GEAR MOTOR MADE A BELABORED SOUND. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO EXECUTIVE AVIATION SERVICES HOME BASE IN FAYETTEVILL, AR WHERE MAINTENANCE IS AVAILABLE. THE PILOT INDICATED TO THE CONTROL TOWER IN FAYETTEVILLE (FYV) THAT HE HAD A FAULTY GEAR INDICATION PRIOR TO LANDING. THE GEAR WAS OBSERVED TO APPEAR TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. THE MAIN GEAR DID NOT REMAIN LOCKED AND UPON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT ONTO THE GRASS ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND FLAPS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

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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