Beechcraft 200 N200HF

Summary

On 4 January 2020 at about 17:15 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N200HF, operated by L C Whitford Co Inc, was involved in an accident near Morristown, New Jersey, United States. 9 people were 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.

Date

4 January 2020 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Morristown Muni (MMU)

Coordinates

40.7994, -74.4150

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N200HF

Category

Airplane

Year built

2004

Engines

2

Operator

L C Whitford Co Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olean → Morristown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA20CA139

Nobody was injured.

The airplane hydroplaning while landing on a wet runway, which degraded its braking capability and resulted in a runway overrun onto grass and mud and the nose landing gear collapsing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to land the airplane until it was near the runway midpoint due to fog over the approach end of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during the descent for an instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, he saw an area of patchy fog over the approach end of the runway and leveled off to avoid the fog. He landed the airplane with about 3,000 ft of the nearly 6,000-ft-long runway remaining and felt the airplane hydroplaning while using a combination of wheel braking and the beta range of the propellers. The airplane subsequently overran the end of the runway onto grass and mud, which resulted in the nose landing gear collapsing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.