# NTSB ERA16CA302: Beech B200, N46CE, Burnsville, NC, July 20, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 20, 2016, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.866664, -82.339164 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8667&lon=-82.3392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 20, 2017
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16CA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93904/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93904
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA302

## Probable cause

A collision with a bush during landing.

## Findings

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

- [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B200, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1152922), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that, during approach to the 50-ft-wide runway in his airplane, which had a 54.5-ft wingspan, he maintained a left-wing-low attitude to account for a left crosswind and touched down 1 to 2 ft right of the runway centerline. While correcting toward the runway centerline, the right wing collided with a bush located off the right side of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the right aileron. The pilot indicated there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane that caused the collision and that he had flown into the same airstrip between 30 and 50 times. Following the accident, the bush was removed.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that during approach to the 50-foot-wide runway, in his airplane which had a 54.5-foot wingspan, he maintained a left wing low attitude to account for a crosswind from the left and touched down 1 to 2 feet right of the runway centerline. While correcting towards the runway centerline, the right wing collided with a bush located off the right side of the runway resulting in substantial damage to the right aileron. He indicated there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane that caused the collision, and that he had flown into the same airstrip between 30 and 50 times. Following the accident, the bush was removed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46CE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46CE), registered now, S/N BB1492, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Registry model: [Beech B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (registry code 1152922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB1492
- Year built: 1994
- Airframe hours: 1838.3
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney PT6A-61 850 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt and Whitney PT6A-61 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 24, 2016, 38 hours before
- Departed: UZA, Rock Hill, SC
- Destination: 2NC0, Burnsville, NC
- Airport: 2NC0, Mountain Air Airport, runway 32, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 29, 2015; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 12,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 12,000 as pilot in command, 18.2 in the last 90 days, 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Turbulence: Light
- Observed at: AVL, 28 nm away

## 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 20160720013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160720013669A), Jul 20, 2016: Beech B200, Burnsville, NC, Substantial damage. N46CE, a king air 200, touched down right of the runway 32 center line upon landing at Mountain Air Airport (2NC0) and struck a grouping of shrubs growing out…

## Docket (6 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93904. 1.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 727 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452673&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452672&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF
- Record of NTSB Conversation (item 3, .PDF, 32 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452674&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20NTSB%20Conversation-Master.PDF
- 2NC0 Airport Master Record - FAA Form 5010-2 (item 4, .PDF, 17 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452675&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=2NC0%20Airport%20Master%20Record%20-%20FAA%20Form%205010-2-Master.PDF
- Excerpts from Pilot's Operating Handbook (item 5, .PDF, 139 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452676&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Excerpts%20from%20Pilot%27s%20Operating%20Handbook-Master.PDF
- Investigative Photographs (Courtesy of FAA) (item 6, .PDF, 3 photos, 625 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40452677&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.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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