- Date
- June 13, 1990, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mayaguez, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N744GPBeech D95A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900613056479A
- Case key
- 32672
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to property align the aircraft with the runway. A factor in the accident was the strong, gusty crosswind.
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 plt stated that while landing on rwy 9 with a wind from the south at 16 KTS with gusts to 22, the lt main landing gear collapsed. The acft veered to the left & came T0 rest off the rwy. According to an FAA inspector, several witnesses stated that the longitudinal axis of the acft was not aligned with the rwy at the moment of touchdown. He also stated that after the acft travelled off the rwy, the rt main landing gear collapsed after colliding with a mound of dirt. Exam of the lt main landing gear revealed that it failed due to overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N744GP
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-659
- Engine
- Lycoming IO360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gp Industries Inc.
- Departed
- SIG · San Juan, PR
- Airport
- MAZ · Eugenio Marcia De Hostos, runway 9, 4,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 370 in this make and model · 1,105 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MAZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.