# NTSB MIA91LA136: Beech F-90, N208RC, Key West, FL, May 4, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1991, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place: Key West, FL
- Coordinates: 24.550642, -81.780982 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5506&lon=-81.7810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32862/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA136

## Probable cause

OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - initiated, pilot in command

## Analysis

AFTER A REPORTED NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE PLT APPLIED REVERSE THRUST & STATED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FELL LOWER THAN NORMAL.  HE THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE & THE MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED.  THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP & ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED SAFELY.  EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE UPPER DRAG LEG OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASS'Y FAILED DUE TO OVERLOAD.  NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE OVERLOAD FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N208RC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208RC-2011-04-18), registration cancelled 2011-04-18, S/N LA-46 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F-90
- Registry model: [Beech F90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (registry code 1152909) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LA-46
- Engines: P&W PT6A-135 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mccarty, Richard D. & Claire
- Registered owner: Mccarty, Richard D. & Claire
- Departed: PMP, POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Airport: EYW, Key West International, runway 9, 4,800 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EYW, 1 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 19910504014089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910504014089A), May 4, 1991: Beech F90, Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed landing. Put gear up collapsing mains. Nose gear drag link failed due to overload.

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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