WPR10WA265

NTSB accident investigation · Beech 200 · Nadi, Fiji · April 25, 2010

Accident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
April 25, 2010, 14:06 local (14:06 UTC)
Place
Nadi, Fiji
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
F-OIANBeech 200
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
76129

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Landing gear not configuredLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 584 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On April 25, 2010, at 1406 coordinated universal time, a Beech 200, French registry F-OIAN, landed with the gear retracted following an electrical system anomaly at the Nadia Airport, island of Fiji. The airplane was operated by Air Alize as an international passenger flight under the pertinent regulations of France. The airplane sustained substantial damage; however, neither the 2 pilots nor the 2 passengers onboard were injured. The investigation is being conducted by the Bureau d'Enquetes et d' Analyses of France at the request of the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji. All inquiries for information should be directed to: Bureau d'Enquetes et d' Analyses Zone Sud -- Batiment 153 200 rue de Paris Aeroport du Bourget 93352 Le Bourget Cedex France Phone +33 1 49 92 72 00 www.bea.aero

Aircraft

Registration
F-OIAN
Reported as
Beech 200
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Air Alize
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
NWWN · New Caledonia
Destination
NFFN · Nadi
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
NFFN · Nadi Airport, runway 02

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 27, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 38 KB in all.