# Accident 20180504004639A: Beech 58P, Sisters, OR, May 4, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2018, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Airport: Sisters
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3044° N, 121.5392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3044&lon=-121.5392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222BD-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,563 total, 900 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004639A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM NAPPA, CALIFORNIA (KAPC), RETURNING TO SISTERS, OREGON (6K5). ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 20 AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AS DESCRIBED BY PILOT. POWER WAS APPLIED BUT AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SINK. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT, GROUND SCARS GAVE INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN AND PROPS TURNING DURING INITIAL CONTACT. SECOND CONTACT POINT IT APPEARS NOSE GEAR SEPERATED FROM AIRCRAFT, MAIN GEARS COLLASPED AND AIRCRAFT SLID ONTO RUNWAY SURFACE. PASSENGER INTERVIEW ON POLICE REPORT ALSO DESCRIBED A SINKING FEELING DURING THE LAST SECONDS OF THE APPROACH. THEY NOTED THAT PILOT WAS APPLYING POWER BUT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE DESCRIBED AS GUSTY.

## 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 GAA18CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA254), May 5, 2018: Beech 58 (N222BD), Sisters, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient altitude during approach in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an attempted rejected landing and a runway undershoot.

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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