# NTSB NYC06CA201: Beech B100, N75AP, Pawtucket, RI, August 13, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 13, 2006, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Coordinates: 41.920833, -71.491386
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9208&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64313
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64313/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA201

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during final approach, which resulted in an undershoot and subsequent gear collapse.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

The commercial pilot stated that he was flying a Beech B100 on a visual approach to runway 33, a 3,210-foot long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  The approach was executed with full flap extension, and the landing gear extended.  The right main landing gear touched down approximately 2 feet prior to the runway, and collapsed as it traveled over the elevated runway edge.  The airplane subsequently came to rest upright off the right side of the runway.  The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The commercial pilot stated that he was flying a Beech B100 on a visual approach to runway 33, a 3,210-foot long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  The approach was executed with full flap extension, and the landing gear extended.  The right main landing gear touched down approximately 2 feet prior to the runway, and collapsed as it traveled over the elevated runway edge.  The airplane subsequently came to rest upright off the right side of the runway.  The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.  The pilot reported a total flight experience of 3,374 hours, of which, 161 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  The reported wind at the airport, at the time of the accident, was from 300 degrees at 7 knots.  The airport was also serviced by runway 23, which was 5,000 feet long, 150 feet wide, and consisted of asphalt.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N75AP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech B100
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BE-57
- Engines: Airesearch TPE331 turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brian Ross
- Registered owner: 4D Aviation Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FOK, Westhampton Bea, NY
- Destination: SFZ, Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: SFC, North Central State Airport, runway 33, 3,210 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 3,374 total, 161 in this make and model, 320 as pilot in command, 238 in the last 90 days, 51 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: SFZ

## 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 20060813016069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060813016069A), Aug 13, 2006: Beech B100, Pawtucket, RI, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft, a king air B100, touched down at the very end of runway 33 at sfz. The left landing gear hit the extreme end of the pavement with the…

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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