SUMMARY
Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2004.
©2005 Mastery Flight Training, Inc.
NOTE: All cause determinations preliminary and subject to change after NTSB releases final reports, as applicable.
SUMMARY: Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, y2004:
Total reported: 190
Operation in VMC: 121 reports (64% of the total)
Operation in IMC: 15 reports (8% of the total)
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 54 reports
Operation at night: 23 reports (12% of the reports)
Fatal accidents: 26 reports (14% of the total)
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 12 reports (6% of the total)
“Substantial” damage: 64 reports (34% of the total)
Aircraft “destroyed”: 29 reports (15% of the total)
Mishaps during dual instructional flights: 19 reports (10% of the total)
Recent registration (within previous 12 months): 40 reports (21% of the total)
By Aircraft Type:
Be35 Bonanza 41 reports
Be36 Bonanza 40 reports
Be58 Baron 20 reports
Be55 Baron 18 reports
Be23 Musketeer/Sundowner 14 reports
Be24 Sierra 12 reports
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 12 reports
Be76 Duchess 7 reports
Be18 Twin Beech 6 reports
Be60 Duke 4 reports
Be95 Travel Air 4 reports
Be19 Sport 3 reports
Be17 Staggerwing 2 reports
Be45 Mentor (T-34) 2 reports
Be65 Queen Air 2 reports
Be50 Twin Bonanza 1 report
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE (all subject to update per NTSB findings):
LANDING GEAR-RELATED MISHAPS (69 reports, 36% of the total)
Gear up landing
35 reports (three Be24s; three Be33s; twelve Be35s; five Be36s; five Be55s; six Be58s; Be76)
Gear collapse (landing)
14 reports (Be18; Be24; six Be35s; Be36; Be55; two Be58s; two Be60s)
Landing gear: known mechanical malfunction
5 reports (Be18; Be35; Be55; Be58)
Gear collapse (touch and go landing)
3 reports (Be58; two Be76s)
Gear collapse (taxi)
3 reports (two Be35s; Be36)
Gear collapse (takeoff)
3 reports (two Be35s; Be76)
Gear up landing—total electrical failure, did not perform manual extension
2 reports (Be24; Be55)
Gear collapse—inadvertent pilot activation of gear on ground
2 reports (Be35; Be76)
Gear collapse (electrical failure)
1 report (Be35)
Gear collapse: fatigue failure
1 report (Be58)
ENGINE FAILURE (41 total; 22% of the total)
Engine failure in flight
13 reports (Be23; two Be24s; Be33; four Be35s; four Be36s; Be58)
Engine Failure on Takeoff
8 reports (Be35; four Be36s; Be55; Be58; Be60)
Engine failure on approach/landing
4 reports (three Be35s; Be36)
Fuel starvation
4 reports (Be35; two Be36s; Be65)
Engine failure in flight—piston/cylinder failure
3 reports (Be35; Be36; Be55)
Engine failure in flight—catastrophic oil loss
2 reports (Be24; Be35)
Engine failure in flight—propeller separation
2 reports (Be23; Be45)
Engine failure in flight—engine fire
1 report (Be55)
Engine Failure on Takeoff—Jet Fuel Contamination
1 report (Be36)
Engine failure in flight—Vibration
1 report (Be35)
Engine failure in flight—engine fire; improper maintenance
1 report (Be24)
Engine failure on go-around/missed approach
1 report (Be33)
IMPACT-RELATED FAILURE ON LANDING (29 total; 15% of the total)
Hard landing
7 reports (three Be23s; Be24; Be35; two Be55s)
Loss of directional control on landing
6 reports (Be18; Be19; three Be23s; Be58)
Hard landing—gear collapse
4 reports (two Be33s; two Be35s)
Impact with obstacle during normal landing
3 reports (Be17; Be23; Be35)
Landed long
3 reports (Be36; Be58; Be95)
Impact with animal on runway during landing
2 reports (Be58; Be76)
Landed short
1 report (Be35)
Propeller strike on landing
1 report (Be58)
Runway excursion on landing—attempting to avoid animal on runway
1 report (Be58)
Nose-over on landing
1 report (Be17)
IMPACT WITH OBJECT DURING TAKEOFF (13 total; 7% of the total)
Impact with obstacle/aborted takeoff
4 reports (Be23; Be33; two Be36s)
Impact with object/animal during takeoff
3 reports (two Be23s; Be76)
Loss of control during takeoff
1 report (Be36)
Impact with object during takeoff—wind shear
1 report (Be19)
Runway overrun/high density altitude conditions
1 report (Be35)
Runway overrun—unable to attain climb
1 report (Be36)
Runway excursion—blown tire on takeoff
1 report (Be18)
Loss of control immediately after takeoff—wake turbulence encounter
1 report (Be36)
MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES (11 total; 6% of the total)
Fire/explosion on the ground
2 reports (Be55; Be65)
Taxied into object/pedestrian/other aircraft
2 report (Be35; Be60)
Cabin door departed airframe
1 report (Be55)
Midair collision
1 report (Be55)
Attempted landing with tow bar attached
1 report (Be23)
Flight control malfunction—loss of pitch control
1 report (Be33)
Impact with object/control lost while being hand-propped
1 report (Be19)
Inflight wing separation
1 report (Be45)
Electrical fire in flight
1 report (Be36)
CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (7 reports, 4% of the total)
Descent into surface/object during approach
2 reports (Be18; Be35)
Loss of visual reference between overcast and indistinct surface
1 report (Be58)
Disorientation during attempted visual approach in IMC
1 report (Be36)
Attempted low-altitude visual flight in low IMC
1 report (Be35)
Collision with rising terrain during IFR takeoff in low IMC
1 report (Be33)
Collision with rising terrain while VFR in areas of marginal VMC
1 report (Be36)
CAUSE UNKNOWN (6 reports; 3% of the total)
Landing/Unknown
4 reports (Be18; Be24; Be35; Be36)
Crash/Unknown
1 reports (Be36)
Missed Approach/Unknown:
1 report (Be36)
LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT (6 reports, 3% of the total)
Thunderstorm penetration
3 reports (two Be36s; Be55)
Non-IFR pilot maneuvering in IMC
1 report (Be35)
Loss of control immediately following takeoff
1 report (Be95)
Loss of directional control/traffic pattern
1 report (Be23)
STALL/SPIN (5 reports; 3% of the total)
Stall on takeoff
2 reports (Be50; Be55)
Stall/Spin during multiengine checkride
1 report (Be95)
Stall/low-altitude maneuvering
1 report (Be36)
Stall/Spin—attempted single-engine go-around
1 report (Be95)
AIRFRAME ICE
Airframe ice/off-airport landing
1 report (Be33)
PILOT INCAPACITATION
Carbon monoxide poisoning
1 report (Be33)
For educational purposes only. All causes determinations as by FAA or NTSB sources unless informed reports suggest otherwise.