# Accident 20160910017569A: Beech 200, Apopka, FL, September 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2016, 15:32 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Airport: Orlando Apopka Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7089° N, 81.5831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7089&lon=-81.5831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369CD-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA475](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA475) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160910017569A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA16CA475](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA475), Sep 10, 2016: Beech 200 (N369CD), Apopka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an attempted aborted landing in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with a tree.

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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