# Accident 20211228021589A: Beech A100, West Helena, AR, December 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2021, 11:55 local time
- Place: West Helena, AR
- Airport: Thompson-Robbins Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5765° N, 90.6759° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5765&lon=-90.6759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A100 (registry code 1152915, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-28
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211228021589A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 28, 2021 N93GT DEPARTED BATESVILLE MS (PMU) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:28 CST AND ARRIVED UNEVENTFULLY AT HELENA AR (HEE) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 CST. UPON ARRIVAL, THE AIRCRAFT OUTBOARD TANKS WERE SERVICED WITH 206.1 GALLONS OF FUEL. WEATHER WAS CHECKED VIA FOREFLIGHT AND THE PILOT DETERMINED HE WAS SAFE FOR A VFR DEPARTURE AND WOULD OBTAIN IFR ONCE IN THE AIR. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 CST, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HELENA AR (HEE) FOR CAMILLA GA (CXU) WITH FOUR (4) PASSENGERS AND ONE (1) CREW MEMBER ONBOARD. THE WIND WAS OUT OF THE SOUTH GUSTING APPROXIMATELY 20 KNOTS SO THE PILOT TAXIED TO RUNWAY 18 AND PROCEEDED TO BACK TAXI TO THE FAR NORTH END OF RUNWAY 18. IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION, THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINES WERE NOT PRODUCING NORMAL THRUST, THE PROPELLERS WERE GOING INTO FEATHER, AND THEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY LEFT TO SAFELY LAND. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE A PLACE TO LAND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AREA LONG ENOUGH TO LAND WITHOUT HITTING TREES OR FARM EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE PROPELLERS WERE AROUND 1200 RPM AND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THEM TO INCREASE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO RETURN TO RUNWAY 18 AND DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR UNTIL CONVINCED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. UPON LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, DRAG INCREASED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ENCOUNTERING MORE HEADWIND WHICH REQUIRED LOWERING THE PITCH OF THE NOSE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. WITH THE COMBINATION OF LOW ALTITUDE AND INSUFFICIENT THRUST, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE DECENT BEFORE LANDING. UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE BLEW. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY BY APPLYING RIGHT BRAKE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND ENDED UP IN THE GRASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST NORTH OF THE MIDDLE TAXIWAY FACING SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE, LANDING GEAR, AND WING. PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN22LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA085), Dec 28, 2021: Beech A100 (N93GT), West Helena, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the propeller autofeather system after takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in both propellers going into feather and a hard landing.

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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