# Accident 20200104013029A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Morristown, NJ, January 4, 2020 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 4, 2020, 12:08 local time - Place: Morristown, NJ - Airport: Morristown Municipal - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.7994° N, 74.4150° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7994&lon=-74.4150&mi=10 - Aircraft: N200HF (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42 - People aboard: 9 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 24,269 total, 1,149 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA139) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200104013029A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AT MORRISTOWN AIRPORT (MMU), N200HF EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY EXCURSION AND OVERRAN THE END OF RUNWAY 23. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CAME TO A STOP IN GRASS AND MUD, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-OLEAN AIRPORT (OLE) TO TETERBORO AIRPORT (TEB) N200HF DIVERTED TO MORRISTOWN AIRPORT BECAUSE TETERBORO AIRPORT WAS BELOW AUTHORIZED LANDING MINIMUMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH (ILS 23, 5998 X 150 FT. RUNWAY WITH PRECISION MARKINGS) AT MORRISTOWN AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON BREAKING OUT ABOVE MINIMUMS HE OBSERVED PATCHY FOG OVER THE RUNWAY, AND THAT HE HELD HIS ALTITUDE UNTIL HE COULD CONFIRM THE RUNWAY AND STARTED LANDING APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY END WITH GEAR AND FULL FLAPS DOWN. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE WAS AVOIDING USING BETA DUE TO HYDROPLANING AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED THAT THE PILOT LANDED WITHIN THE LAST 1,500 FEET OF THE NEARLY 6,000-FOOT-LONG RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE RUNWAY OVERRUN. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF IN THE MUD CAUSING THE PROPELLERS FROM BOTH ENGINES TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE FORWARD FUSELAGE AND PROPELLERS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED THE WEATHER AS WIND CALM, 1/2 STATUTE MILE VISIBILITY, FOG, AND OVERCAST AT 300 FEET. THE REPORT DID NOT INCLUDE RUNWAY CONDITIONS. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ## 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 ERA20CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA139), Jan 4, 2020: Beech 200 (N200HF), Morristown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane hydroplaning while landing on a wet runway, which degraded its braking capability and resulted in a runway overrun onto grass and mud and the nose landing gear collapsing. Contributing… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.