# Incident 20130103000929I: Beech 300, St. Louis, MO, January 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2013, 16:30 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RV3A
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130103000929I

## Narrative

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

DURING NORMAL LANDING WHILE IN THE FLARE AT APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT VIOLENTLY YAWED LEFT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 DEGREES.  POWER WAS ADDED AND RUDDER USED TO ALIGN AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED ONCE.  UPON INSPECTION AFTER LANDING, ALL 4 PROPELLER BLADES ON RIGHT SIDE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF GROUND CONTACT WITH BENT TIPS.

## Other reports on N83 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020130000759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020130000759A), Jan 30, 2002: Beech B300 (N83), Baltimore, MD, No damage. (-23) During an ILS15R @kbwi flight check; while holding "day VFR" over ILS R15R lom at 2000MSL, speed 180KIAS. After completion of inbound run on course on…

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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