- Date
- February 9, 2026, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Umatilla, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N245MJBeech B19
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 202429
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Probable cause
The failure of the right main landing gear during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control on the ground and collision with an airport sign.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, he felt the airplane pulling to the right and that directional control was difficult. The airplane exited the runway and entered the grass where it ultimately struck an airport sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right main landing gear had separated from the airplane during the landing roll. A photograph of the main landing gear fracture revealed corrosion on half of the internal metal support structure and clean metal from the fresh separation and failure of the gear support.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245MJ
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB 814
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 6,600.7
- Engine
- Lycoming Engines O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 2025 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- X60 · Williston, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- X23 · Umatilla Muni, runway 19, 2,876 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 7, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 548 total · 256 in this make and model · 471 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.21 inHg
- Observed at
- LEE, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLEE 092153Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 23/03 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP230 T02280033