# NTSB SEA87LA197: Beech A100, N32RL, Gold Beach, OR, September 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1987, 14:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Gold Beach, OR
- Coordinates: 42.450233, -124.300384 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4502&lon=-124.3004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40701
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40701/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA197

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BE-117
- Airframe hours: 2786
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870930058649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870930058649A), Sep 30, 1987: Beech A100, Gold Beach, OR, Destroyed. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. Veered off runway and hit a building. Fire obscured cause.

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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