# NTSB WPR24LA308: Raytheon B200, N102DB, Las Vegas, NM, September 17, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 17, 2024, 00:40 local (06:40 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NM · On Air Port
- Coordinates: 35.654222, -105.14238 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6542&lon=-105.1424&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195136/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195136
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA308

## Probable cause

The airplane’s collision with an elk during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=7150006), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=7150006), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon B200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=7150006), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the multi-engine airplane reported that, during the landing flare as the airplane was about to touch down, an elk ran onto the runway and into the landing path of the airplane. The airplane collided with the animal, the left landing gear collapsed, and the left wing impacted the runway surface. Subsequently, the airplane veered left and exited the left side of the runway before it came to rest. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N102DB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N102DB), registered now, S/N BB1537, built 1996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200
- Registry model: [Raytheon B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (registry code 7150006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB1537
- Year built: 1996
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney PT6A YLA 850 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt and Whitney PT6A YLA 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 135
- Operator: Finch Air LLC
- Registered owner: Finch Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 13, 2024
- Departed: ABQ, Albuquerque, NM
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LVS, Las Vegas Muni, runway 14, 8,199 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 28, 2023; seat: left; flight hours: 1,473 total, 140 in this make and model, 1,392 as pilot in command, 114 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours
- Co-pilot; age 41; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 19, 2023; seat: right; flight hours: 1,185 total, 199 in this make and model, 825 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 45 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: KLVS

## 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 20240917020089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917020089A), Sep 17, 2024: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Las Vegas, NM, Substantial damage. On 9/16/2024 at about 11:30 pm mountain time, the Beechcraft B200 aircraft departed kabq on a IFR flight plan for a medivac flight to pick up a patient at…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 13, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195136. 5.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17714734&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Record of phone conversation (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17832701&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20phone%20conversation-Rel.pdf
- Airport NOTAM (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 18 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17735839&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Airport%20NOTAM-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 573 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17688998&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR24LA308%20Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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