SUMMARY
Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2002.
NOTE: All cause determinations preliminary and subject to change after NTSB releases final reports, as applicable.
Total reported: 260
Operation in VMC: 243 reports (93% of the total)
Operation in IMC: 17 reports (7% of the total)
Operation at night: 26 reports (10% of the total)
Fatal accidents: 42 reports (16% of the total)
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 10 reports (4% of the total)
“Substantial” damage or aircraft “destroyed”: 119 reports (46% of the total)
Mishaps during dual instructional flights: 30 reports (12% of the total)
By Aircraft Type:
By Aircraft Type:
Be35 83 reports
Be36 30 reports
Be55 25 reports
Be58 24 reports
Be33 20 reports
Be23 19 reports
Be24 16 reports
Be76 15 reports
Be18 7 reports
Be45 5 reports
Be95 5 reports
Be60 4 reports
Be19 2 reports
Be50 2 reports
Be56 1 report
Be77 1 report
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE:
LANDING GEAR-RELATED MISHAPS (103 reports; 40% of the total)
Gear Collapse
58 reports (two Be18s; five Be24s; four Be33s; seventeen Be35s; six Be36s; two Be45s; six Be55s; eight Be58s; seven Be76s; two Be95s)
“Gear Up”
45 reports (Be18; four Be24s; seven Be33s; fourteen Be35s; ten Be36s; Be45; three Be55s; two Be58s; Be76; two Be95s)
ENGINE FAILURE (43 reports; 17% of the total)
Engine Failure in Flight
18 reports (Be19; two Be23s; Be33; seven Be35s; four Be36s; Be55; Be58; Be60)
Engine failure on takeoff
9 reports (Be18; Be23; Be33; five Be35s; Be36)
Engine failure on approach/in the traffic pattern
5 reports (Be23; three Be55s; Be95)
Fuel exhaustion
4 reports (Be23; Be35; Be45; Be58)
Fuel starvation
3 reports (Be23; two Be35s)
Engine fire on the ground
2 reports (Be18; Be55)
Engine fire in flight
2 reports (Be58; Be76)
IMPACT ON LANDING (39 reports; 15% of the total)
Loss of control on landing
13 reports (two Be23s; four Be35s; Be50; three Be55s; Be56; Be58; Be77)
Hard landing
7 reports (Be23; Be24; two Be33s; two Be35s; Be76)
Impact with object/animal during normal landing
6 reports (two Be23s; two Be35s; Be55; Be60)
Propeller Strike
4 reports (Be33; Be36; Be58; Be76)
Landed long/overran runway
3 reports (Be35; Be58; Be76)
Gear collapse/Fixed gear airplane
3 reports (all Be23s)
Landed short/undershot runway
2 reports (both Be35s)
Impact with surface/objects/animal during aborted landing/go-around/missed approach
1 report (Be35)
MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES (20 reports; 8% of the total)
Taxied into object/other aircraft
8 reports (two Be33s; Be35; three Be55s; two Be58s)
Turbulence encounter
3 reports (Be24; Be35; Be58)
Bird strike
2 reports (Be33; Be55)
Midair collision
2 reports (Be55; Be76)
Fire during maintenance (on ground)
1 report (Be35)
Precautionary off-airport landing/weather
1 report (Be24)
Impact with objects/off-airport landing
1 report (Be35)
Inflight breakup (not linked to tail flutter or VFR into IMC)
1 report (Be35)
Struck by landing/taxiing aircraft
1 report (Be23)
CAUSE UNKNOWN (19 reports; 7% of the total)
Crash/Unknown
9 reports (Be18; Be23; Be33; four Be35s; two Be36s)
Takeoff/Unknown
3 reports (Be19; Be36; Be58)
Traffic pattern/Unknown
3 reports (Be35; Be45; Be60)
Landing/unknown
2 reports (Be50; Be55)
Missed approach/unknown
1 report (Be36)
Approach/Unknown
1 report (Be58)
IMPACT ON TAKEOFF (17 reports; 7% of the total)
Loss of control on takeoff/go-around/missed approach
8 reports (Be33; two Be35s; two Be36s; Be55; Be58; Be76)
Impact with surface/object/animal during takeoff
5 reports (Be24; two Be35s; Be36; Be76)
Impact with surface/object/animal during aborted takeoff
3 reports (two Be23s; Be76)
Attempted takeoff with control lock installed
1 report (Be60)
LOSS OF CONTROL (6 reports; 2% of the total)
Attempted visual flight in IMC
3 reports (two Be35s; Be55)
Loss of control on approach/circling approach
3 reports (Be23; two Be35s)
STALL/SPIN (5 reports; 2% of the total)
Stall/mush on takeoff/go-around/missed approach
3 reports (Be18; Be24; Be35)
Stall on approach/landing
2 reports (Be35; Be58)
CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (5 reports; 2% of the total)
Controlled Flight into Terrain/Low-Altitude Formation Flight
2 reports (two Be35s on a single formation flight)
Controlled flight into terrain/ Attempted visual flight into IMC
2 reports (both Be36)
Impact with terrain during low-altitude maneuvering
1 report (Be23)
INFLIGHT VIBRATION/CONTROL FLUTTER (4 reports; 2% of the total)
Tail/vibration vibration
3 reports (all Be35s)
Unusual vibration/precautionary landing
1 report (Be55)
ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FIRE (1 report; 1% of the total)
Electrical fire in flight
1 report (Be24)
For educational purposes only. All causes determinations as by FAA or NTSB sources unless informed reports suggest otherwise.