# Accident 20180329010449A: Beech 99, Pilot Point, AK, March 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Airport: Pilot Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXXC
- Location: 58.6797° N, 156.6561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6797&lon=-156.6561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31TN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31TN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,056 total, 103 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180329010449A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM DILLINGHAM, ALASKA AND APPROACHED RUNWAY 07 AT PILOT POINT, ALASKA. PILOT ENTERED DOWNWIND TO CIRCLING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25.  AS AIRCRAFT CROSSED THRESHHOLD, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN AIR POCKET CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK AND DRIFT LEFT.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUND OF SNOW AND GRAVEL ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PREPARED RUNWAY SURFACE WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND WING/FLAP WAS VISIBLE FROM INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMATION WAS RELAYED TO PILOT.  PILOT DECIDED TO FLY TO KING SALMON, ALASKA FOR EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT.  PILOT CONDUCTED A TWO POINT LANDING ON LEFT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WHILE CUTTING ENGINES AND FEATHERING THE PROPELLERS.  PILOT MAINTAINED TWO POINTS UNTIL LOSS OF LIFT ON RIGHT WING AND THEN THE WING TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND KEPT IT ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 12 AT KING SALMON, ALASKA.  EVACUATION WAS INITIATED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 GAA18CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA187), Mar 29, 2018: Beech 99 (N31TN), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate approach path and runway centerline during the initial landing, which resulted in a hard landing to the left of the runway and damage to the landing gear…

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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