# Accident 20161211020189A: Beech A23-24, Anacortes, WA, December 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2016, 13:10 local time
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Airport: Anacortes Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4986° N, 122.6625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4986&lon=-122.6625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7998L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7998L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-24 (registry code 1151226, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161211020189A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1103 PST, A BEECHCRAFT MUSKETEER, N7998L,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 AT ANACORTES AIRPORT, WA. THIS FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.

THE PILOT STATED THAT A MODEST WIND OF NO MORE  THAN 10 KTS WAS BLOWING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH NO GUST AND VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES.

DURING THE APPROACH, PILOT STATED THAT HE STRAIGHENED HIS AIRCRAFT USING THE VASI GLIDE PATH AND SLOWED DOWN TO 70 MPH BY APPLYING FULL FLAPS. AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED DOWN HE INDICATED THAT HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND PROCEEDED TO ROLL OUT, DURING THIS TIME, HE HAS NOT FELT ANY VIBRATIONS OR ANY DISCERNIBLE PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY ON HIS LANDING GEAR.

PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE MAIN TURN-OFF ON THE RUNWAY TO THE TRANSIENT PARKING, HE FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW ENOUGH TO SAFELY MAKE A TURN SO HE SLIGHTLY TURNED THE YOKE TO THE RIGHT WHILE SIMULTEOUSLY STEPPING ON HIS RIGHT BRAKES. BUT JUST AS HE STEPPED ON HIS BRAKES HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SANK TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE OF THE OF THE AIRCRAFT ROSE, AT THIS TIME THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OFF THE CENTERLINE AT THE SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. BUT ALL THIS TIME PILOT INDICATED THAT THE LEFT WING DID NOT APPEAR TO TOUCH THE GROUND, SO HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK HIS FEET OFF THE BRAKES AND PUSHED THE YOKE DOWN HOPING THE AIRCRAFT WOULD CONTINUE TO ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY AND COAST TO A STOP. PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHTENED MOMENTARILY BUT THE NOSE NEVER SEEMED TO FALL BACK, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER HE FELT THE PLANE TURN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE ADJACENT MUDDY GRASS APRON. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUE TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE HIT THE AIRPORT LANDING COUNTER BOX WHICH COULD POSSIBLY CAUSED THE DANGLING LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HELD BY THE FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE TO COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RESTED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT RESTED. AIRCRAFT RESTED ON THE GRASSY APRON FACING NORTHWEST SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR17LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA037), Dec 11, 2016: Beech A23 24 (N7998L), Anacortes, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and separation of the left main landing gear.

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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