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FAA incident report · Raytheon B300 · Fort Worth, TX · January 6, 2017

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Date
January 6, 2017 · 12:45 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4982R
Reported as
Raytheon B300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,200 total800 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N4982RRegistered now · Raytheon B300S/N FL-224 · Built 1998Airframe modelRaytheon B300Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

On January 06, 2017, about 1240 central daylight time, N4982R, a 1998 super king air B350, experienced a collapse of the right main landing gear during taxi, after landing on runway 34R at the alliance airport (kafw), Fort Worth, TX.

The aircraft flew to waco regional airport (kact) for approach training. While conducting approaches and after two successful gear extension and retraction sequences with no incidents with the pilot flying from the right seat, the third visual pattern at kact resulted with the right gear down and locked light not being illuminated. Instructor retracted the gear again and crew read the abnormal gear extension checklist, then returned to kafw on an IFR flight plan with the instructor taking command of the aircraft from the right seat.

Upon reaching kafw, the crew requested to perform a flyby of the control tower to verify landing gear position. The tower confirmed that the gear appeared to be in the down position. After touchdown on runway 34L, aircraft completed landing rollout and decelerated to walking speed. The right main landing gear collapsed when the pilot initiated a turn on taxiway e. the right propeller struck the ground and aircraft completed almost 270 degrees of turn before coming to a stop. The crew preformed an emergency shutdown of the engines and egressed out of the main cabin door.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 06, 2017, ABOUT 1240 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, N4982R, A 1998 SUPER KING AIR B350, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING TAXI, AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34R AT THE ALLIANCE AIRPORT (KAFW), FORT WORTH, TX.

THE AIRCRAFT FLEW TO WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT (KACT) FOR APPROACH TRAINING. WHILE CONDUCTING APPROACHES AND AFTER TWO SUCCESSFUL GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SEQUENCES WITH NO INCIDENTS WITH THE PILOT FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, THE THIRD VISUAL PATTERN AT KACT RESULTED WITH THE RIGHT GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT NOT BEING ILLUMINATED. INSTRUCTOR RETRACTED THE GEAR AGAIN AND CREW READ THE ABNORMAL GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST, THEN RETURNED TO KAFW ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE INSTRUCTOR TAKING COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT.

UPON REACHING KAFW, THE CREW REQUESTED TO PERFORM A FLYBY OF THE CONTROL TOWER TO VERIFY LANDING GEAR POSITION. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 34L, AIRCRAFT COMPLETED LANDING ROLLOUT AND DECELERATED TO WALKING SPEED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN ON TAXIWAY E. THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT COMPLETED ALMOST 270 DEGREES OF TURN BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE CREW PREFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINES AND EGRESSED OUT OF THE MAIN CABIN DOOR.