# Incident 20170912019299I: Beech 1900D, Grand Canyon, AZ, September 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2017, 19:10 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 19MA
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N886MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N886MA-2021-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (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 1900D
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170912019299I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1910MST, N886MA A BEECHCRAFT/RAYTHEON BE-1900D AIRCRAFT OPERATING UNDER FAR 135 BY MAVERICK AIRLINES, INC. EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR UPON LANDING AT GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK AIRPORT (KGCN).

THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KGCN EN-ROUTE TO HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KHND) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE INDICATIONS INCLUDING FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR. THE FLIGHT REQUESTED AND INITIATED A RETURN TO LAND AT KGCN. PRIOR TO LANDING, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THE WING FLAPS WERE INOPERATIVE, HOWEVER THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND INDICATED ?DOWN AND LOCKED? BY THREE ILLUMINATED GREEN LIGHTS. THE CONTROL TOWER ALSO OBSERVED THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 03, BUT UPON ROLL-OUT THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE SKIN, NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR DOORS AND BOTH ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES.

THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT INITIATED THE EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS AND 18 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE BY RESPONDING AIRPORT ARFF PERSONNEL.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. INVESTIGATORS FROM THE FAA AND NTSB WILL CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION.

THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY MUSTANG LEASING, LLC.

AS OF 10/11/2017, THE OPERATOR IS STILL WAITING FOR THE ENGINES AND PROPS TO GET BACK FROM O/HAUL, SO SYSTEMS/FAILURE FORENSICS ARE ON HOLD AT THIS TIME.

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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