# Accident 20170127000949A: Beech 200T, Palm Beach, FL, January 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2017, 15:44 local time
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 1EAA
- Location: 26.6831° N, 80.0956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6831&lon=-80.0956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200T (registry code 1152928, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 52265, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,414 total, 631 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170127000949A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 27, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 22:40 ZULU A BEECHCRAFT MODEL BE-200T, REGISTRATION N60RA (AIRCRAFT HAS MULTIPLE AIRWORTHINESS) OPERATING STANDARD-NORMAL, LANDED AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ON RUNWAY 28R AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WITH GEARS COLLAPSED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED HE HAD FLAPS DOWN AND LANDING GEAR DOWN ON SLIGHTLY HIGHER GLIDE PATH APPROACH DUE TO LARGER AIRCRAFT LANDING AHEAD. PIC STATED NORMAL LANDING AND A FEW SECONDS LATER STARTED TO SINK AND STARTED TURNING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP PIC NOTICED LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS UP AND PIC PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED GROUND DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES, AND PROPELLER BLADES. FUEL PUMPS ON BOTH ENGINES WERE CRACKED FROM IMPACT. PUNCTURED PRESSURE VESSEL BY COPILOT SIDE NEAR RUDDER PEDALS CREATED BY PROPELLER BLADE TIP DAMAGING A RIB/LONGERON. NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGED AND UP-LOCK ACTUATOR SHEARED HOLDING BRACKETS AND WENT THROUGH TOP OF AIRCRAFT NOSE, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS DOWN-LOCK MECHANISMS WERE SHEARED

## 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 ERA17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA096), Jan 27, 2017: Beech 200 (N60RA), West Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear were down and locked before touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-reported fatigue at the time of the accident.

## Other reports on N60RA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160104002481I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160104002481I), Jan 4, 2016: Beech 200T (N60RA), Opa Locka, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that on 01/05/2016 departing from opa-Locka (kopf) around 1050 am from rwy 27R and climbing through 250 feet on rwy heading he heard a loud bang,…

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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