Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
March 15, 2016
Submitted
March 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111PV
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB772
Aircraft time
7,936 hours, 6,332 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Mcauly 4HFR34C754
Part
Landing Gear
Part number
115811020653
Part serial
AGB12946
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Nlg & Mlg
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED RNWY 1L, UPON GEAR RETRACTION, ATC POINTED OUT HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AT MY 11O’CLOCK POSITION, INSTRUCTED ME TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC IN SIGHT & TURN TO HEADING 240. GLANCED DOWN AT THE GEAR HANDLE & OBSERVED THE RED LIGHT IN THE HANDLE WAS ILLUMINATED. WITH THE HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION, OBSERVED THE LT MLG WAS STILL EXTENDED. ATC CALLED & CLEARED ME TO CLIMB TO 15,000FT. TOUCHED DOWN, FELT A SHIMMY TYPE VIBRATION. SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT SO PULLED BOTH FUEL CONDITION LEVERS TO FUEL CUTOFF. PULLED BOTH PROP LEVERS TO FEATHER. BY THEN, COULD FEEL THE REAR OF THE BELLY SCRAPING ON THE RNWY, KEPT THE NOSE UP AS LONG AS COULD. FLEW THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE GND, ALL 3 GEARS HAD COLLAPSED. THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT OF THE RNWY CENTERLINE, NO STEERING CONTROL VIA THE RUDDER, THE ACFT BEGAN TO EXIT THE RNWY INTO THE GRASS. THE ACFT CAME TO A COMPLETE & ABRUPT STOP WITH EVERYTHING FWD OF THE WING ROOT IN THE GRASS. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AREA WAS STILL ON THE ASPHALT. WE COULD SMELL TIRE SMOKE, BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A FIRE.