# Accident 20180316013329A: Beech C-99, Hastings, NE, March 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2018, 07:49 local time
- Place: Hastings, NE
- Airport: Hastings Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 40.6042° N, 98.4264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6042&lon=-98.4264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-99
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180316013329A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 2018, APPROXIMATELY 0749 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECHCRAFT C-99 AIRLINER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 AT HASTINGS (KHSI), NEBRASKA.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OMAHA (KOMA), NEBRASKA AT APPROXIMATELY 0658 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.  THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER WERE THE ONLY OCCUPANTS OF THE ALL CARGO FLIGHT.  NEITHER OF THE PILOTS RECEIVED ANY INJURIES.

THE HASTINGS AUTOMATED WEATHER REPORTED AT 0750 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME:  WINDS: 100 AT 22 GUSTS TO 35, 10 STATUTE MILES OF VISIBILITY, FEW CLOUDS AT 1,500 FEET, BROKEN CLOUDS AT 3,100 FEET, OVERCAST CLOUDS AT 4,300 FEET, TEMPERATURE 6 DEGREES CENTRIGRADE, DEWPOINT 3 DEGREES CENTRIGRADE, AND AN ALTIMETER OF 29.51 INCHES OF MERCURY.  THE PILOTS ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 04 AT HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.  THE PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO LAND USING THE APPROACH FLAP SETTING.  APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 04,  SIGNATURE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY/TAXIWAY INTERSECTION AND OF THE ADJACENT GRASS FIELD INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT VEERED 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 04 CENTERLINE, STRIKING A TAXIWAY LIGHT.  SIGNATURE MARKS CEASED INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND REAPPEARED APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET LATER IN THE GRASS FIELD ON THE SAME HEADING.  THIS GROUND SCAR AND ASSOCIATED NAVIGATION/LANDING LIGHT LENS DEBRIS INDICATED THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF CONTROL HARD LANDING DURING THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A 14/32 RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE-WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UPON HITTING THE CONCRETE RUNWAY 14/32.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ACROSS RUNWAY 14/32 AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 04/22 AND 14/32 ON A HEADING OF 309 DEGREES.

THE FUSELAGE CARGO-POD WAS TWISTED AND PARTIALLY DETACHED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE.  BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED AS THE RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  PROPELLER SIGNATURE MARKS INDICATE THAT POWER WAS BEING DEVELOPED.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT AND THE FORCE RESULTING FROM THE DEFORMATION OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE FORWARD FIREWALL CAUSED BOTH PILOT AND COPILOT WINDSCREENS TO SHATTER.

ALL WING AND NACELLE FUEL TANKS REMAINED INTACT.  CARGO RESTRAINTS IN THE FUSELAGE REMAINED IN PLACE, AND FORWARD COCKPIT CARGO ACCESS DOOR WAS BLOCKED AS A RESULT OF CARGO SHIFTING ON IMPACT.

## 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 GAA18CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA167), Mar 16, 2018: Beech C99 (N213AV), Hastings, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land in a gusty crosswind that exceeded the airplane's maximum demonstrated crosswind and resulted in a runway excursion.

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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