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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beechcraft B300 · Sugar Grove, IL · March 29, 2018

Date: March 29, 2018 · 14:45 local
Place: Sugar Grove, IL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N351DD
Reported as: Beechcraft B300
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N351DDRegistered now · Beechcraft B300S/N FL-852 · Built 2013 Airframe modelBeechcraft B300 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot stated that he reduced the power to flight idle on short final by bringing the throttles back to the "gate". The pilot stated that it felt like the power setting went into "ground fine", causing the aircraft to lose performance and altitude. The left outboard main wheel struck a runway threshold light. The left outboard main tire was damaged. The aircraft did not sustain any further damage. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REDUCED THE POWER TO FLIGHT IDLE ON SHORT FINAL BY BRINGING THE THROTTLES BACK TO THE "GATE". THE PILOT STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THE POWER SETTING WENT INTO "GROUND FINE", CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE PERFORMANCE AND ALTITUDE. THE LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN WHEEL STRUCK A RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHT. THE LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN TIRE WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.