# NTSB CEN15WA393: Beech C90, Helsinki, Finland, August 26, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 26, 2015, 05:35 local (05:35 UTC)
- Place: Helsinki, Finland
- Location: 60.3184° N, 24.9633° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Helsinki Vantaa Airport (EFHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3184&lon=24.9633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA393
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91897/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA393

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 26, 2015, at 0535 universal coordinated time, a Beechcraft C90 airplane, Finnish registration OH-BEX, owned and operated by Scanwings Oy, sustained substantial damage when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, Helsinki, Finland. The two crewmembers were not injured. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Finland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from: Safety Investigation Authority, Finland Ratapihantie 9 FI-00520 Helsinki Finland Telephone: +358 2951 6001

## Aircraft

- Registration: OH-BEX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-978
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Scanwings Oy
- Registered owner: Scanwings Oy
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: EFHK, Helsinki
- Destination: Norrkoping
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EFHK, Helsinki-Vantaa

## Weather



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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