# Accident 20111119028019A: Beech C-45G, Lyman, MS, November 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2011, 10:45 local time
- Place: Lyman, MS
- Airport: Shade Tree Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5103° N, 89.1472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5103&lon=-89.1472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45G (registry code 1151014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-45G
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,810 total, 170 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111119028019A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 19, 2011, APPROXIMATELY 1045 CST (LCL) A B-18 CARRYING 7 SOULS, 6 PASSENGERS AND ONE CREW, WAS LANDING AT MS82 AFTER A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.  PILOT CONDUCTED A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT MS82.  PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS SMOOTHLY AND ROLLED ABOUT 250 FEET WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN AND THEN PITCHED FORWARD ONTO ITS NOSE SLIDING FOR ANOTHER 200 FEET WHEN IT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST FACING 180 DEGREES FROM THE ORIGINAL TOUCH DOWN DIRECTION.  THERE WERE NOT INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FORK AND ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT/PISTON.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY TO A PARKING AREA AND THE RUNWAY AREA WAS GRATED AND SMOOTHED.ON NOVEMBER 21, 2011, A POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TORQUE KNEE WAS BROKEN.  THE FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY TO THE RIGHT PISTON/STRUT WERE MISSING.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT WING FLAP, EMPENNAGE AND TAIL, THE REAR TOP OF THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WING FLAP, AND COWL AREA AROUND THE RIGHT ENGINE.  BOTH PROPELLERS SHOWED SIGNS OF A GROUND STRIKE. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE ALSO NOTED.

## 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 ERA12CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA079), Nov 19, 2011: Beech C-45G (N75Q), Lyman, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear during landing due to an encounter with soft terrain.

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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