ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326685
| Date: | Wednesday 30 September 1987 |
| Time: | 14:35 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A100 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Avantair |
| Registration: | N32RL |
| MSN: | BE-117 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2786 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gold Beach Municipal Airport, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA) |
| Gold Beach Municipal Airport, OR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after the aircraft touched down on the runway at Gold Beach Municipal Airport, OR, the right main gear collapsed. Despite the pilot's attempts to correct the situation with left rudder and braking, the aircraft veered to the right of the runway and collided with a building. Shortly after it struck the building, a fire erupted, which totally consumed the aircraft and the building. Due to the severity of the fire, the fracture surfaces of the right landing gear were obliterated.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
landing gear,main gear..failure,total
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
object..building(nonresidential)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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