Plane Crash List

Beechcraft 58 N3178A

8 July 2003 · Hoonah, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 July 2003 at about 01:00 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N3178A, operated by JAC, Inc., was involved in an accident near Hoonah, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 01:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Hoonah, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Hoonah (PAOH)
Coordinates
58.0961, -135.4097
Aircraft
Beechcraft 58
Registration
N3178A
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
JAC, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Positioning
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Juneau → Hoonah
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC03LA074

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The locking of the left brake during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the left main landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that during the landing roll, the airplane veered sharply to the left, and he applied hard right brake and right rudder to maintain the runway heading. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the left edge of the runway. The pilot said he found heavy left main wheel skid marks on the runway, and a State of Alaska Department of Transportation worker located parts of the left brake assembly on the runway, 300 feet from the airplane. The left wing, left nacelle, and left main landing gear of the airplane were damaged in the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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