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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 200 · Apopka, FL · September 10, 2016

Date
September 10, 2016 · 15:32 local
Place
Apopka, FL
Airport
Orlando Apopka Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N369CD
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA475
Reported as
Beech 200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On approach to runway 15 at Orlando Apopka Airport (X04) the PIC observed a crosswind "but the aircraft was handling good" so an attempt to land was made. At the time of flare/toucdown a gust of wind threw the alignment of the aircraft off the runway centerline. The PIC then decided to do a go around and pushed the thrust levers foward, but at the same time the aircraft stalled and the right wheels hit the grass off the right side of the runway, which further exaggerating the misalignment. Then the thrust the PIC induced excellerated the aircraft and unable to control the aircraft went off the runway before reducing the power. The aircraft then traveled several hundred yards before striking the right wing on a tree, which caused the wing to seperate from the fuselage outboard of the right engine pylon. The aircraft then slid sideways and finaly came to rest between two hangers. There was a fire caused by the seperation of the right wing from the fuselage which was extinguished by airport personnel before the fire department arrived. There were no passengers and the PIC only received minor injuries and did not go to the hospital.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15 AT ORLANDO APOPKA AIRPORT (X04) THE PIC OBSERVED A CROSSWIND "BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDLING GOOD" SO AN ATTEMPT TO LAND WAS MADE. AT THE TIME OF FLARE/TOUCDOWN A GUST OF WIND THREW THE ALIGNMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PIC THEN DECIDED TO DO A GO AROUND AND PUSHED THE THRUST LEVERS FOWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE RIGHT WHEELS HIT THE GRASS OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH FURTHER EXAGGERATING THE MISALIGNMENT. THEN THE THRUST THE PIC INDUCED EXCELLERATED THE AIRCRAFT AND UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY BEFORE REDUCING THE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE STRIKING THE RIGHT WING ON A TREE, WHICH CAUSED THE WING TO SEPERATE FROM THE FUSELAGE OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT ENGINE PYLON. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID SIDEWAYS AND FINALY CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO HANGERS. THERE WAS A FIRE CAUSED BY THE SEPERATION OF THE RIGHT WING FROM THE FUSELAGE WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS AND THE PIC ONLY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.