# Accident 20141030024469A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Wichita, KS, October 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2014, 09:49 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6525° N, 97.4297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6525&lon=-97.4297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52SZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52SZ-2015-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,952 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141030024469A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN SOLD ON 10-28-14 AND THE NEW OWNER CONTRACTED WITH A PILOT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO ARKANSAS FOR INTERIOR AND PAINT.   THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF WHEN THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY STATING " WE HAVE LOST THE LEFT ENGINE ... AND ARE COMING BACK.."  THE PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN AT LOW LEVEL.  REVIEW OF VIDEO SERVILENESS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT IN A RAPID AND LEVEL DECENT.  THE MAIN GEAR IS DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNAITONAL(FSI)  BUILDING ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, RESULTING IN A LARGE EXPLOSION/FIRE BALL AND SIGNIFICANT POST-IMPACT FIRE.

MANY GROUND WITNESSES WERE CONSISTENT IN THEIR STATEMENTS STATING THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A LEFT TURN AND APPROACHED THE HANGARS EAST OF FSI, THE WINGS WERE REPORTEDLY LEVEL AS IT FLEW WEST TOWARD FSI. THE AIRPLANE'S LANDING GEAR WERE "DOWN AND LOCKED", THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED.

WITNESSES REPORTED AIRPLANE'S LEFT ENGINE STRUCK THE BUILDING FIRST JUST BELOW THE ROOF LINE, FOLLOWED BY THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING. WHEN THE WING IMPACTED THE BUILDING IT SEPARATED, THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING AND THE AIRPLANE SLID FOR ABOUT 20-30 FEET BEFORE THE TAIL SECTION CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRPLANE FOLLOWED BY A LARGE EXPLOSION. A POST-IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE MAJORITY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT AND THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE FSI SIMULATOR WERE FATALLY INJURED, 2 PERSONS IN THE BUILDING SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES

## 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 CEN15FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA034), Oct 30, 2014: Raytheon B200 (N52SZ), Wichita, KS, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control of the airplane after a reduction in left engine power and his application of inappropriate rudder input. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's…

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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