# NTSB ANC24LA007: Beech 200, N98RA, New Stuyahok, AK, December 6, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: December 6, 2023, 14:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: New Stuyahok, AK
- Coordinates: 59.4525, -157.3775
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4525&lon=-157.3775&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193493/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193493
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA007

## Probable cause

The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing flare resulting in substantial damage to the left wing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 200, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Beech 200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1152920), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while landing on Runway 32, a remote snow-covered gravel runway, just prior to touchdown, the left wing dropped, which resulted in a hard landing. The left wing then struck a snow berm and the airplane to spun 180°. A post-accident inspection revealed that there was substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N98RA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98RA), registered now, S/N BB439, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Registry model: [Beech 200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (registry code 1152920) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-41) (registry code 52265, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB439
- Year built: 1979
- Airframe hours: 14664.1
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-41 turbo prop; Pratt & Whitney PT6A-41 turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Denaina Air Taxi LLC, doing business as TransNorthern Aviation
- Registered owner: Denaina Air Taxi LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 21, 2023, 59.6 hours before
- Departed: PAJZ, Koliginek, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PANW, New Stuyahok, runway 32, 3,281 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 9, 2023; seat: left; flight hours: 26,825 total, 191.9 in this make and model, 26,825 as pilot in command, 190.9 in the last 90 days, 68.2 in the last 30 days, 1.4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 1.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 16 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 29.72 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Observed at: ANW, 1 nm away
- METAR: PANW 062309Z AUTO 09006KT 1 1/2SM UP BR OVC008 M09/M10 A2972 RMK AO2 UPB05SNE05 CIG 004V010 P0000 FZRANO

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20231206017319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231206017319A), Dec 6, 2023: Beech 200, New Stuyahok, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot of a Beech king air 200 flew over panw from the east at a height of 500 to 700 feet above ground level after arriving visually to check the windsock…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 30, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193493. 3.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16469975&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 400 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16490062&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA007%20Photos-Rel.pdf

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.

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