- Date
- September 30, 1987, 14:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32RLBeech A100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870930058649A
- Case key
- 40701
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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
Shortly after the aircraft touched down on the runway, the right main gear collapsed. Despite the pilot's attempts to correct the situation with left rudder and braking, the aircraft veered to the right of the runway and collided with a building. Shortly after it struck the building, a fire erupted, which totally consumed the aircraft and the building. Due to the severity of the fire, the fracture surfaces of the right landing gear were obliterated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32RL
- Reported as
- Beech A100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BE-117
- Airframe hours
- 2,786
- Engine
- P&W TPE-331-6, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reliable Wholesale Lumber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1987
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- 4S1
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4S1 · Gold Beach Muni, runway 34, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,266 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 17,957 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.