# Incident 20090907018489I: Beech 200BEECH, Ruidoso, NM, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 19:00 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A2BA
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83GA-2024-05-01) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 250 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907018489I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 AT 1900 MST, A BEECHCRAFT BE200, N83GA, REGISTERED TO GUARDIAN EAGLE COMPANY EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOLLOWING A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION FAILURE AFTER DEPARTING RUIDOSO NEW MEXICO (SRR) WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 135 CHARTER FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE BUT NOT YET ACTIVATED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE ATP RATED PILOT AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2009, AT 1830 MST.

## Other reports on N83GA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970430011489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970430011489I), Apr 30, 1997: Beech 200BEECH (N83GA), Springfield, IL. Narrative: on April 30, 1997, N83GA, Beechcraft model 200 made a landing emergency after the right engine fire warning light illuminated. The aircraft was…

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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