# Accident 20100119026029A: Beech B200, Sioux City, IA, January 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2010, 07:16 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux City Gateway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4209° N, 96.3899° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4209&lon=-96.3899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N586BC-2017-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100119026029A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 AT 0710 LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT 0714 LOCAL TIME.  AT THAT POINT TOWER COULD NOT CONTACT BY RADIO. THE AIRPORT WAS FOGGED IN ENOUGH THAT THE TOWER OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT. AT 0716 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND NOTIFIED TOWER OF THE ACCIDENT. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LINED UP ON THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT ON THE LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY 31.ACCORDING TO THE MARKS IN THE SNOW AND ON THE RUNWAY WHICH RUN CONTINUOUSLY TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE AIRCRAFT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2800 FEET DOWN THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 31. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE IN THE SNOW OFF THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS LINED UP ON THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND ACTUALLY HIT SEVERAL LIGHTS KNOCKING THEM DOWN AND/OR BENDING THEM.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES COUNTER CLOCKWISE  AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 5100 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 31 JUST PAST THE RUNWAY 35 INTERSECTION.  THE WEATHER WAS VERY FOGGY AND IT WAS NOT QUITE DAYLIGHT. WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS 120 06KTS 1/2SM FZFG VV100 M04/M06

## 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 CEN10LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA105), Jan 19, 2010: Beech B200 (N586BC), Sioux City, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to attempt a flight that was below takeoff, landing, and alternate airport weather minimums, which led to a touchdown off the runway surface by the pilot-in-command.

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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