# Accident 20130102000259A: Beech B200, Mesa, AZ, January 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2013, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VQMA
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918TC-2019-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130102000259A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO SDL PIC LOWERED GEAR. GOT RED INDICATION ON NOSE. CYCLED GEAR, SAME RESULT. HEARD GRINDING NOISE FROM WHEEL WELL WHILE CYCLING GEAR. CONFIRMED WITH TOWER THAT GEAR WAS HANGING. DIVERTED TO IWA DUE TO LONGER RUNWAY AND BURN FUEL. UPON ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR REPLACED ON 06/28/2007. LAST INSPECTED ON 12/23/2009.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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