Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 21 April 2016
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 300 Super King Air
Owner/operator: Agropecu ria Otura
Registration Number: PT-MCM
Location: Porto Seguro-Terravista Golf Club Airport, BA – ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Left main gear wheelsLeft main gear wheels
Investigating Agency: CENIPACENIPA
Category: Accident
A left main gear wheel separation occurred during touchdown short of the runway, leading to a potential landing hazard. Contributing factors included application of commands and inadequate control actions during the final approach, exacerbated by adverse weather conditions potentially triggering Windshear. Pilot judgment and a failure to adequately assess the risk of Windshear resulted in the accident.A left main gear wheel separation occurred during touchdown short of the runway, leading to a potential landing hazard. Contributing factors included application of commands and inadequate control actions during the final approach, exacerbated by adverse weather conditions potentially triggering Windshear. Pilot judgment and a failure to adequately assess the risk of Windshear resulted in the accident.

Description

The left main gear wheels separated after touchdown short of the runway. Contributing factors (translated from Portuguese) – Application of the commands – contributed. There was no effective action on the aircraft controls during the final approach to avoid abrupt ground contact before the start of the runway. – Adverse weather conditions – undetermined. It is possible that the aircraft was under the effect of the phenomenon known as Windshear, which caused the destabilization of the landing approach and the consequent impact with the ground before the runway. – Pilot judgement – contributed. The risks of a possible wind shear during the final approach to landing were not adequately considered. The decision to proceed to the landing, to the detriment of the alternative recommended by experts to perform a missed approach, proved decisive for the development of the accident.

Primary Cause

Application of commands and inadequate control actions during the final approach.Application of commands and inadequate control actions during the final approach.

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