SUMMARY
Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2000.
NOTE: All cause determinations preliminary and subject to change after NTSB releases final reports, as applicable.
SUMMARY: Reported Raytheon/Beech piston accidents, year 2000
Total reported mishaps: 269
Operation in VMC 254
reports (94% of the total)
Operation in IMC 15 reports
(6% of the total)
Operation at night 40 reports (15% of the total)
Fatal accidents: 41
reports (15% of the total)
”Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 8 reports (3% of the
total)
Accidents during dual instructional flights: 32 reports (12% of the total)
”Substantial” damage or aircraft “destroyed”: 119 reports (44% of the total)
By Aircraft Type:
By Aircraft Type:
Be35 66 reports
Be36 46 reports
Be55 26 reports
Be33 25 reports
Be23 25 reports
Be58 24 reports
Be24 12 reports
Be95 12 reports
Be18 9 reports
Be76 7 reports
Be60 6 reports
Be19 4 reports
Be50 2 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE:
LANDING GEAR RELATED MISHAPS (97 reports; 36% of the total)
Gear Collapse
52 reports (three Be24s; seven Be33s; eleven Be35s; eight Be36s; eight
Be55s; five Be58s; Be65; three Be76s; six Be95s)
“Gear Up”
35 reports (two Be24s; five Be33s; thirteen Be35s; nine Be36s; two Be55s;
Be58; two Be95s)
Confirmed pilot-induced gear
collapse
10 reports (three Be35s; two Be33s; two Be36s; Be58; Be76; Be95)
ENGINE FAILURE (46 reports; 17% of the total)
Engine Failure in Flight
19 reports (Be18; four Be23s; Be24; two Be33s, four Be35s; five Be36s; Be58;
Be60)
Engine failure on takeoff
9 reports (Be19; two Be23s; Be24; Be33; Be36; two Be55s; Be58)
Fuel starvation
6 reports (two Be35s; three Be36s; Be55)
Fuel exhaustion
4 reports (Be23; two Be35s; Be60)
Engine failure in traffic
pattern
3 reports (Be24; Be35; Be55)
Engine fire in flight
2 reports (both Be35)
Engine fire on ground
2 reports (Be50; Be58)
Alternator failure/engine
seized
1 reports (Be36)
UNKNOWN CAUSES (31 reports; 12% of the total)
Takeoff/Unknown
9 reports (Be18; Be33; Be35; two Be36s; two Be55s; Be58; Be95)
Cruise/Unknown
8 reports (Be23; Be33; four Be35s; Be95)
Traffic pattern/unknown
5 reports (Be18; Be23; Be33; Be35; Be55)
Crash/Unknown
3 reports (Be35; Be36; Be55)
Landing/unknown
3 reports (Be23; Be35; Be76)
Approach/unknown
2 reports (two Be35s)
Missed approach/unknown
1 reports (Be55)
LOSS OF CONTROL (22 reports; 8% of the total)
Loss of control on landing
11 reports (three Be18s; Be19; Be23; Be33; two Be36s; Be55; Be76)
Loss of control on
takeoff/go-around/missed approach
6 reports (Be18; two Be23s; Be35; Be58; Be76)
Loss of control during
touch-and-go
1 report (Be24)
Loss of control/door open in
flight
1 report (Be36)
Loss of control/partial
panel
1 report (Be35)
Loss of control/dark night
conditions
1 report (Be19)
Loss of Control/Engine-Out
Instruction
1 report (Be55)
IMPACT-RELATED MISHAP ON LANDING (22 reports; 8% of the total)
Hard landing
7 reports (Be19; three Be23s; Be24; Be36; Be45)
Landed long/overran runway
7 reports (Be23; Be35; Be36; two Be55s; two Be58s)
Impact with object/animal
during normal landing
4 reports (Be23; Be24; Be36; Be55)
Landed short
3 reports (Be36; two Be58s)
Prop strike on landing
1 report (Be35)
MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES (22 reports; 8% of the total)
Struck by taxiing or landing
aircraft
8 reports (Be18; Be23; two Be35s; Be36; Be58; two Be60s)
Taxied into object/other
aircraft
5 reports (two Be23s; Be33; two Be35s)
Gear collapse/gear failure
on landing (fixed gear)
2 reports (both Be23s)
Bird strike
2 reports (Be35; Be58)
Blown tire on landing
2 reports (both Be55s)
Wheel came off during
taxi/landing
1 report (Be50)
Midair collision
1 report (Be36)
Aeromedical
1 report (Be55)
ATTEMPTED VISUAL FLIGHT INTO IMC (8 reports; 3% of the total)
Visual flight into IMC
8 reports (Be33; four Be35s; two Be36s; Be58)
IMPACT-RELATED MISHAP ON TAKEOFF (8 reports; 3% of the total)
Impact with
surface/object/animal during normal takeoff
4 reports (Be18; Be23; Be33; Be36)
Impact with object/ground on
go-around/missed approach
4 reports (two Be23s; Be35; Be36)
STALL/SPIN (6 reports; 2% of the total)
Stall on or maneuvering for
landing
4 reports (Be23; Be35; two Be58s)
Stall on takeoff
2 reports (Be35; Be55)
AIRFRAME ICE (3 reports; 1% of the total)
Airframe ice
3 reports (Be36; Be58; Be60)
ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FIRE (2 reports; 1% of the total)
Electrical fire
2 reports (both Be58s)
TAIL FLUTTER/VIBRATION (2 reports; 1% of the total)
Tail flutter/Vibration
2 reports (both Be35s)
CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (1 report; 1% of the total)
Collision with objects
during low-level flight
1 report (Be35)
For educational purposes only. All causes determinations as by FAA or NTSB sources unless informed reports suggest otherwise.