- Date
- September 10, 2005, 03:51 local (08:51 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N349MCIsrael Aircraft Industries 1124
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- San Antonio, Texas
- FAA report
- 20050910025809A
- Case key
- 62434
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Probable cause
The airplane's collision with a coyote during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the prevailing night conditions.
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
The 4,995-hour airline transport rated pilot reported that the nose wheel assembly of the 8-passenger turbo fan airplane collapsed following an on-ground collision with a coyote during the landing roll on Runway 17 (a 5,364-foot long by 100-foot wide asphalt runway) during a dark night visual approach. The public airport was not equipped with a perimeter fence to keep wild life away from the airport. The pilot was able to maintain the airplane on the runway until the airplane came to a complete stop in the upright position with the collapsed nose landing gear. The 2 crewmembers and the 8 passenger were able to egress from the airplane unassisted. There was no fire.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N349MC
- Reported as
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1124
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 224
- Engines
- Aero Engines TFE 731-31A, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fanAero Engines TFE 731-31A, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Harter Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- BRO · Brownsville, TX
- Destination
- BAZ · New Braunfels, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,994 total · 1,550 in this make and model · 3,915 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- BAZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.