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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Owls Head, ME · April 4, 2023

Date: April 4, 2023 · 08:05 local
Place: Owls Head, ME
Airport: Knox County Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AXSA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N193WA
Reported as: Beech 99
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,022 total43 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N193WARegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2024 · Beech 99S/N U-17 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBeech 99 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot in command (PIC) statement indicates normal approach with three gear down and locked indications. PIC opted for short field landing due to ground traffic holding short. PIC stated that he went into flare aproximately five feet off the ground and that stall warning activated. He experienced a hard landing after which the main gear down and locked indication extinguished. He proceeded to an adjacent taxiway and shutdown due to the unsafe gear indication. Aircraft was towed to a ramp. He authorized the delivery vehicle to back up to the aircraft and freight unloading to commence. During unloading the left main gear collapsed, damaging the aircraft including left main gear doors, #1 engine propeller, dorsal fin.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATEMENT INDICATES NORMAL APPROACH WITH THREE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS. PIC OPTED FOR SHORT FIELD LANDING DUE TO GROUND TRAFFIC HOLDING SHORT. PIC STATED THAT HE WENT INTO FLARE APROXIMATELY FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND AND THAT STALL WARNING ACTIVATED. HE EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AFTER WHICH THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION EXTINGUISHED. HE PROCEEDED TO AN ADJACENT TAXIWAY AND SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A RAMP. HE AUTHORIZED THE DELIVERY VEHICLE TO BACK UP TO THE AIRCRAFT AND FREIGHT UNLOADING TO COMMENCE. DURING UNLOADING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING LEFT MAIN GEAR DOORS, #1 ENGINE PROPELLER, DORSAL FIN.

Other reports on N193WA · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20170920019599ILanding: ApproachPilot indiacted the flight began as a normal departure out of manchester, NH in N193WA under wiggins 1046. Upon arrival to the final approach fix in presque isle, pilot checked the airspeed and selected the gear handle to the down position. There was no…Sep 20, 2017 · Minor damage Incident 20060531009129IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Hyannis, MA(-23) During approach to hya from mvy, pilot did not get 3 greens for gear down & locked. He followed emergency procedures and hand pumped the hyd system until he got 3 greens. The tower confirmed that it appeared all 3 gear were deployed. After landing roll…May 31, 2006 · Substantial damage