# Accident 20151122018699A: Beech 56TC, Hudson, CO, November 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2015, 16:53 local time
- Place: Hudson, CO
- Airport: Platte Valley Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1042° N, 104.7019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1042&lon=-104.7019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12WB-2019-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 56TC (registry code 1152736, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-56tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 56TC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 45 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151122018699A

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY 11-22-2015, AIRCRAFT N12WB, BEECH BARRON (BE-56TC) SERIAL NUMBER TG82, TOOK OFF FROM PLATT VALLEY AIRPARK 18V, RUNWAY 15 WITH 6 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  AT ROTATION, THE CABIN DOOR OPENED AND THE PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO RUNWAY 15 TO LAND.  ON THE APPROACH LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS RIPPED FROM THE WING AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THERE WERE PROP STRIKES ON THE RUNWAY AND INDICATIONS THAT THE GEARS COLLAPSED PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAN TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THE FIRST IMPACT POINT AND TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEAKING FUEL AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT IS A TOTAL LOSS, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT PLAN, THEY DEPARTED FROM KFUL (FULLERTON CA.) TO KDSM (DES MOINES IA).

## 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 GAA16CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA060), Nov 22, 2015: Beech 56 (N12WB), Hudson, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the open cabin door.

## Other reports on N12WB (2)

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

- [Accident 19821220065029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821220065029A), Dec 20, 1982: Beech 56TC (N12WB), Gasport, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted takeoff on snow covered runway, lost directional control and crashed off side of runway.
- [Incident 19800906069349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800906069349I), Sep 6, 1980: Beech 56TC (N12WB), Gasport, NY, Minor damage. Pilot taxied close to the edge of a sod runway, started to settle, applied power, nose gear collapsed.

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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