# Incident 20250503006819I: Beech C90, Whiteville, TN, May 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2025, 19:30 local time
- Place: Whiteville, TN
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2216° N, 89.1902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (2TN2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2216&lon=-89.1902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250503006819I

## Narrative

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

ON 3 MAY 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:10 CDT KING AIR C90 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT WINGS FIELD, 2TN2, RUNWAY 18.

PILOT REPORTED HE FLEW THROUGH A RAIN SHOWER AT ½ MILE ON FINAL, WINDS WERE GUSTY AND TURBULENT WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND.  ON TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT FIRST,  ABOUT 8 INCHES SHORT OF THE ASPHALT RUNWAY.  THERE WAS A MINIMAL LIP ON THE RUNWAY, NO MORE THAN ½ “ AND NOT A FACTOR FOR THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BEFORE EVIDENCE OF THE RH PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY BEGAN. AS THE ROLLOUT CONTINUED THE PROP STRIKES BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT INTO A SLOW RIGHT TURN.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1000’ DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY AND VEERED HARDER TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST NOSING INTO A MUDDY EMBANKMENT AT 90 DEGREES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY 1200’ FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE RH MAIN GEAR TOP SUPPORT BAR HAD SHEERED AND ALLOWED THE GEAR TO SLOWLY COLLAPSE. THE WINGS, FUSELAGE AND ENGINE SUPPORTS SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. AFTER LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE EMBANKMENT, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RH LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PROP STRIKE THE ENGINE WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS.

## Other reports on N66KA (2)

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

- [Incident 20240612009319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612009319I), Jun 12, 2024: Beech C90 (N66KA), Whiteville, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. The jumper involved, a [privacy data omitted], on 6/12/2024, at 11:09AM CDT, was making a practice jump in preparation for an upcoming [privacy data omitted]…
- [Accident 19850106021599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850106021599A), Jan 6, 1985: Beech C90 (N66KA), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. Struck dog during takeoff roll. Damage to nose gear caused collapse on aborted takeoff.

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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