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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beagle B.206 SERIES 2 · Montague, MA · April 21, 2016

Date
April 21, 2016 · 14:44 local
Place
Montague, MA
Airport
Turner Falls Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N477EC
Reported as
Beagle B.206 Series 2
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,788 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At approximately 2:45 pm local time N477EC Beagle b.206 s/n B206/068 landed on runway 34 at OB5 Turner Falls Airport. Upon touchdown there was a loud pop observed by a the pilot and by an on airport witness, the left landing gear collapsed, the aircraft stayed on the runway approximately 900 feet before veering off to the left, hit a runway light while proceeding into the grass, ending up in a drainage ditch where it came to rest. The pilot privacy data omitted and one passenger on board sustained no injury. Damage to the landing gear, left engine nacelle, left wing leading edge, propellers and engines was determined to be non-substantial. The above information was substantiated by airport surveillance video.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PM LOCAL TIME N477EC BEAGLE B.206 S/N B206/068 LANDED ON RUNWAY 34 AT OB5 TURNER FALLS AIRPORT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THERE WAS A LOUD POP OBSERVED BY A THE PILOT AND BY AN ON AIRPORT WITNESS, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET BEFORE VEERING OFF TO THE LEFT, HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE PROCEEDING INTO THE GRASS, ENDING UP IN A DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURY. DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, LEFT ENGINE NACELLE, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, PROPELLERS AND ENGINES WAS DETERMINED TO BE NON-SUBSTANTIAL. THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS SUBSTANTIATED BY AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.