# Accident 20230118000939A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Poplar, MT, January 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2023, 08:30 local time
- Place: Poplar, MT
- Airport: Poplar Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSRA
- Location: 48.1344° N, 105.1621° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1344&lon=-105.1621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200EJ-2023-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,255 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230118000939A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED BY ATC FOR THE APPROACH INTO POPLAR. ONCE ESTABLISHED, THE PIC SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AND EVERYTHING (AIRSPEED, RATE OF DESCENT, ETC...) LOOKED GOOD. HE MOMENTARILY LEVELED OUT AT DECISION ALTITUDE AND WITH THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT, CALCULATED THAT A SAFE AND STABILIZED APPROACH COULD BE MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND THE PIC CORRECTED TO THE LEFT AS HE CONTINUED THE DESCENT. AT THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND THE SIC CALLED FOR MORE POWER. THE PIC PUSHED THE THROTTLES FORWARD AND PITCHED UP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW AT THIS POINT AND HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR23LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA087), Jan 18, 2023: Raytheon BE-200 (N200EJ), Poplar, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and descent rate during the landing approach, which resulted in an impact with terrain short of the runway threshold.

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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