SUMMARY
Reported Raytheon/Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2001.
NOTE: All cause determinations preliminary and subject to change after NTSB releases final reports, as applicable.
Total reported accidents: 265
Operation in VMC: 252 accidents (95% of the total)
Operation in IMC: 13 accidents (5% of the total)
Operation at night: 33 accidents (12% of the total)
Fatal accidents: 38 accidents (14% of the total)
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 10 accidents (4% of the total)
“Substantial” damage or aircraft “destroyed”: 113 accidents (43% of the total)
Accidents during dual instructional flights: 35 accidents (13% of the total)
By Aircraft Type:
By Aircraft Type:
Be35 69 reports
Be55 38 reports
Be58 31 reports
Be36 24 reports
Be33 20 reports
Be23 14 reports
Be24 12 reports
Be76 12 reports
Be18 9 reports
Be45 8 reports
Be19 7 reports
Be95 6 reports
Be60 3 reports
Be77 3 reports
Be65 2 reports
Be50 2 reports
Be56 1 report
Unidentified model Baron 1 report
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE:
LANDING GEAR RELATED MISHAPS (109 reports; 41% of the total)
“Gear Up”
52 reports (Be18; six Be24s; seven Be33s; eleven Be35s; four Be36s; three Be45s; Be50; ten Be55s; six Be58s; two Be60s; Be76; twp Be95s)
Gear Collapse
51 reports (two Be18s; three Be24s; four Be33s; twenty Be35s; two Be36s; Be45; eight Be55s; Be56; four Be58s; Be60; three Be76s; two Be95s)
Confirmed pilot-induced gear retraction on the ground
6 reports (Be18; Be35; Be36; Be45; Be55; Be76)
ENGINE FAILURE (43 reports; 16% of the total)
Engine failure on takeoff
18 reports (Be18; four Be23s; Be33; four Be35s; three Be36s; two Be55s; Be 58; Be65; Be77)
Engine Failure in Flight
15 reports (two Be23s; Be33; seven Be35s; Be36; two Be55s; two Be58s)
Engine failure on approach/in the traffic pattern
4 reports (Be23; Be35; two Be55s)
Fuel starvation
3 reports (all three Be35s)
Engine fire in flight
1 report (Be76)
Engine fire on the ground
1 report (Be55)
Fuel exhaustion
1 report (Be58)
IMPACT-RELATED MISHAP ON LANDING (31 reports; 12% of the total)
Hard landing
10 reports (Be19; two Be23s; Be24; two Be35s; Be55; three Be76s)
Landed long/overran runway
9 reports (Be18; Be19; Be35; four Be58s; Be76; Be77)
Loss of control on landing
8 reports (Be19; Be23; two Be33s; Be35; two Be36s; Be50)
Impact with object/animal during normal landing
4 reports (two Be35s; Be55; Be76)
UNKNOWN CAUSES (25 reports; 9% of the total)
Takeoff/Unknown
8 reports (Be18; Be19; Be23; two Be35s; Be36; Be45; Be58)
Cruise/unknown
5 reports (two Be35s; two Be36s; Be55)
Landing/unknown
4 reports (Be19; two Be35s; Be36)
Crash/unknown
3 reports (all Be35s)
Traffic pattern/unknown
3 reports (Be35; Be77; Be95)
Approach/unknown
2 reports (Be55; Be65)
MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES (24 reports; 9% of the total)
Taxied into object/other aircraft
10 reports (Be18; Be23; two Be35s; two Be55s; three Be58s; Be76)
Took off with towbar attached
2 reports (Be33; Be58)
Struck by taxiing, departing or landing aircraft
2 reports (Be19; Be33)
Bird strike
2 reports (Be55; Be58)
Gear collapse/failure on landing (fixed gear airplane)
1 report (Be19)
Blown tire on landing
1 report (Be58)
Brakes locked on landing
1 report (Be58)
Propeller strike
1 report (Be55)
Pilot incapacitation
1 report (Be33)
Weather—Downdraft Exceeded Airplane’s Ability to Climb
1 report (Be35)
Improper maintenance
1 report (Be36)
Attempted takeoff with control lock installed
1 report (Be36)
CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (8 reports; 3% of the total)
Controlled Flight into Terrain
5 reports (Be33; Be45; Be55; two Be58s)
Collision with object during low-level flight
3 reports (Be24; two Be55s)
LOSS OF CONTROL (7 reports; 3% of the total)
Loss of control/door open in flight
2 reports (Be33; Be36)
Loss of control/multiengine instruction
2 reports (both Be55)
Loss of control during taxi
2 reports (Be23; unidentified model Baron)
Loss of control on takeoff/go-around/missed approach
1 report (Be35)
ATTEMPTED VISUAL FLIHGT IN IMC (4 reports; 2% of the total)
Visual flight into IMC
4 reports (three Be36s; Be58)
IMPACT-RLATED MISHAP ON TAKEOFF (4 reports; 2% of the total)
Impact with surface/object/animal during normal takeoff
3 reports (Be23; Be36; Be45)
Impact with surface/object/animal during aborted takeoff
1 report (Be55)
STALL/SPIN (2 reports; 1% of the total)
Stall on or maneuvering for landing
2 reports (Be35; Be95)
ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FIRE (2 reports; 1% of the total)
Electrical fire
1 report (Be58)
Electrical failure
1 report (Be24)
AIRFRAME ICE (1 report; 1% of the total)
Airframe ice
1 report (Be58)
For educational purposes only. All causes determinations as by FAA or NTSB sources unless informed reports suggest otherwise.