SUMMARY

Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2001.

 

NOTE:  All cause determinations preliminary and subject to change after NTSB releases final reports, as applicable.

 

Total reported accidents:  265

 

Operation in VMC: 252 accidents   (95% of the total)

Operation in IMC:    13 accidents   (5% of the total)

Operation at night:   33 accidents   (12% of the total)

Fatal accidents:  38 accidents   (14% of the total)

“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities):  10 accidents   (4% of the total)

“Substantial” damage or aircraft “destroyed”:  113 accidents   (43% of the total)

Accidents during dual instructional flights:  35 accidents   (13% of the total)

      

 

 

By Aircraft Type:

 

By Aircraft Type:

 

Be35   69 reports

Be55   38 reports

Be58   31 reports

Be36   24 reports

Be33   20 reports

Be23   14 reports

Be24   12 reports

Be76   12 reports

Be18     9 reports

Be45     8 reports

Be19     7 reports

Be95     6 reports

Be60     3 reports

Be77     3 reports

Be65     2 reports

Be50     2 reports

Be56     1 report

Unidentified model Baron   1 report

 

 

PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE:

 

LANDING GEAR RELATED MISHAPS  (109 reports; 41% of the total)

 

“Gear Up”

52 reports (Be18; six Be24s; seven Be33s; eleven Be35s; four Be36s; three Be45s; Be50; ten Be55s; six Be58s; two Be60s; Be76; twp Be95s)

 

Gear Collapse

51 reports (two Be18s; three Be24s; four Be33s; twenty Be35s; two Be36s; Be45; eight Be55s; Be56; four Be58s; Be60; three Be76s; two Be95s)

 

Confirmed pilot-induced gear retraction on the ground

6 reports (Be18; Be35; Be36; Be45; Be55; Be76)

 

 

 

ENGINE FAILURE   (43 reports; 16% of the total)

 

Engine failure on takeoff

18 reports (Be18; four Be23s; Be33; four Be35s; three Be36s; two Be55s; Be 58; Be65; Be77)

 

Engine Failure in Flight

15 reports (two Be23s; Be33; seven Be35s; Be36; two Be55s; two Be58s)

 

Engine failure on approach/in the traffic pattern

4 reports (Be23; Be35; two Be55s)

 

Fuel starvation

3 reports (all three Be35s)

 

Engine fire in flight

1 report (Be76)

 

Engine fire on the ground

1 report (Be55)

 

Fuel exhaustion

1 report (Be58)

 

 

 

IMPACT-RELATED MISHAP ON LANDING   (31 reports; 12% of the total)

 

Hard landing

10 reports (Be19; two Be23s; Be24; two Be35s; Be55; three Be76s)

 

Landed long/overran runway

9 reports (Be18; Be19; Be35; four Be58s; Be76; Be77)

 

Loss of control on landing

8 reports (Be19; Be23; two Be33s; Be35; two Be36s; Be50)

 

Impact with object/animal during normal landing

4 reports (two Be35s; Be55; Be76)

 

 

 

UNKNOWN CAUSES   (25 reports; 9% of the total)

 

Takeoff/Unknown

8 reports (Be18; Be19; Be23; two Be35s; Be36; Be45; Be58)

 

Cruise/unknown

5 reports (two Be35s; two Be36s; Be55)

 

Landing/unknown

4 reports (Be19; two Be35s; Be36)

 

Crash/unknown

3 reports (all Be35s)

 

Traffic pattern/unknown

3 reports (Be35; Be77; Be95)

 

Approach/unknown

2 reports (Be55; Be65)

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES   (24 reports; 9% of the total)

 

Taxied into object/other aircraft

10 reports (Be18; Be23; two Be35s; two Be55s; three Be58s; Be76)

 

Took off with towbar attached

2 reports (Be33; Be58)

 

Struck by taxiing, departing or landing aircraft

2 reports (Be19; Be33)

 

Bird strike

2 reports  (Be55; Be58)

 

Gear collapse/failure on landing (fixed gear airplane)

1 report (Be19)

 

Blown tire on landing

1 report (Be58)

 

Brakes locked on landing

1 report (Be58)

 

Propeller strike

1 report (Be55)

 

Pilot incapacitation

1 report (Be33)

 

Weather—Downdraft Exceeded Airplane’s Ability to Climb

1 report (Be35)

 

Improper maintenance

1 report (Be36)

 

Attempted takeoff with control lock installed

1 report (Be36)

 

 

CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN   (8 reports; 3% of the total)

 

Controlled Flight into Terrain

5 reports (Be33; Be45; Be55; two Be58s)

 

Collision with object during low-level flight

3 reports (Be24; two Be55s)

 

 

LOSS OF CONTROL   (7 reports; 3% of the total)

 

Loss of control/door open in flight

2 reports (Be33; Be36)

 

Loss of control/multiengine instruction

2 reports (both Be55)

 

Loss of control during taxi

2 reports (Be23; unidentified model Baron)

 

Loss of control on takeoff/go-around/missed approach

1 report (Be35)

 

 

 

ATTEMPTED VISUAL FLIHGT IN IMC   (4 reports; 2% of the total) 

 

Visual flight into IMC

4 reports (three Be36s; Be58)

 

 

 

IMPACT-RLATED MISHAP ON TAKEOFF  (4 reports; 2% of the total)

 

Impact with surface/object/animal during normal takeoff

3 reports (Be23; Be36; Be45)

 

Impact with surface/object/animal during aborted takeoff

1 report (Be55)

 

 

 

STALL/SPIN   (2 reports; 1% of the total)

 

Stall on or maneuvering for landing

2 reports (Be35; Be95)

 

 

 

ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FIRE   (2 reports; 1% of the total)

 

Electrical fire

1 report (Be58)

 

Electrical failure

1 report (Be24)

 

 

 

AIRFRAME ICE  (1 report; 1% of the total)

 

Airframe ice

1 report  (Be58)

 

 

 

 

For educational purposes only.  All causes determinations as by FAA or NTSB sources unless informed reports suggest otherwise. 

 

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