# Incident 20180408003389I: Beech 200, Caldwell, NJ, April 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2018, 13:30 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N982GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N982GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,744 total, 870 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180408003389I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON VISUAL APPROACH RWY 04, DURING ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT, PILOT STATED HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE TO CORRECT, HOWEVER AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO CONTROL INPUTS AND DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED RUNWAY SIGNAGE OFF TO SIDE OF RUNWAY 04 AND TAXIWAY B.

EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE AIRPORT VIDEO OF LANDING ROLLOUT NOT HELPFUL DUE TO DISTANCE FROM AIRCRAFT AND CLARITY.

EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR REVEALED NO APPARENT MECHANICAL ISSUE PRIOR TO DAMAGE RECEIVED BY CONTACT WITH AIRPORT SIGNAGE.

PERSONNEL THAT TOWED AIRCRAFT TO RAMP AFTER INCIDENT STATED NO ABNORMAL GEAR INDICATIONS DURING TOWING. OPERATIONS INSPECTOR EXAMINATION OF COCKPIT FOUND A/P Y/D SWITCHES IN OFF POSITION (Y/D SWITCH MISSING PLASTIC CAP) AND RUDDER BOOST SWITCH IN OFF POSITION.

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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