- Date
- November 23, 1987, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 18 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N401RABeech 1900C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19871123080079A
- Case key
- 15892
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Drg arr, the acft (ryan flt 103) crashed short of rwy 3. The fuselage stayed intact drg impact, but the belly structure was compressed & vertical deceleration forces exceeded the design capability of the seats. Rescue psnl had difficulty shutting off the acft's elec pwr which delayed removal of the 1st officer (f/o) fm the acft. An inv revealed the acft was loaded with aprx 600 lbs more cargo than the f/o had requested. The center-of-gravity (CG) was 8 to 11 inches behindthe allowable aft limit & the flt crew did not comply with company & FAA procedures in computing the CG. Drg flt, up to 3/8 inch of ice accumulated on the acft's leading edges. There was evidence the crew lost control of the acft as the flaps were lowered. The rgt flap actuator was fnd in the 7 to 12 deg position & the stabilizer trim was fnd at the full nose down position. Flt tests showed there would be no significant difficulty in controlling the acft with up to 1.5' of ice on the leading edges & that static stability would deteriorate drg flap extn with the aft CG configuration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401RA
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65B, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- KDK · Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- HOM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HMR · Homer, runway 3, 7,400 × 150 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,087 total · 4,420 in this make and model · 96 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.