Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 21 October 2017
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator: Transwest Air
Registration Number: C-GFSG
Location: Prince Albert Airport, SK (YPA) – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Right main landing gearRight main landing gear
Category: Accident
A Beech 200 aircraft operating a medevac flight from La Ronge to Prince Albert, Canada, experienced a critical landing issue due to a malfunctioning landing gear. The right main landing gear locked down during the landing check, leading to a partial extension and subsequent retraction. The crew initiated an emergency landing, followed by a controlled descent and runway landing. Significant damage occurred to the aircraft, particularly to the flaps and landing gear doors, necessitating a sling landing. A structural failure in the down lock latch of the right main landing gear was identified as the primary cause.A Beech 200 aircraft operating a medevac flight from La Ronge to Prince Albert, Canada, experienced a critical landing issue due to a malfunctioning landing gear. The right main landing gear locked down during the landing check, leading to a partial extension and subsequent retraction. The crew initiated an emergency landing, followed by a controlled descent and runway landing. Significant damage occurred to the aircraft, particularly to the flaps and landing gear doors, necessitating a sling landing. A structural failure in the down lock latch of the right main landing gear was identified as the primary cause.

Description

A Beech 200 aircraft operated by Transwest Air, was conducting medevac flight 911 from La Ronge, to Prince Albert, Canada with 7 persons on board. When the landing gear was selected down during the landing check at Prince Albert, the right main landing gear did not indicate down and locked. The flight crew interrupted the approach, climbed to the minimum sector altitude and circled over the airport while the emergency landing gear extension checklist was performed. However, the right main landing gear remained unsafe. The flight crew declared an emergency and consulted with the operator’s maintenance and flight operations. Following troubleshooting, the flight crew retracted the landing gear; however, the right main landing gear remained partially extended. The flight crew elected to land with the landing gear in the retracted position; consequently, the GEAR UP landing checklist was completed, passengers were briefed and ARFF was deployed for the landing on runway 26. While on short final before the flare, both engines were shutdown and the propellers were feathered. After the aircraft stopped adjacent to taxiway A, the crew and passengers evacuated without injuries. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the flaps and landing gear doors, and was later slung onto a flatbed trailer and transported to a hangar. Inspection by the operator’s maintenance identified that the right main landing gear down lock latch had experienced a structural failure. Several segments of the down lock were found on the runway.

Primary Cause

Structural failure of the down lock latch in the right main landing gear.Structural failure of the down lock latch in the right main landing gear.

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