Meacham Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Fort Worth, Texas 76106
Wednesday, March 7, 1984 20:16 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ACFT VEERED RT ON TOUCHDOWN. HEAVY BRAKING AND DIFFERENTIAL PWR USED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. BOTH RT SIDE TIRES AND THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE BLEW DURING ROLLOUT. PLT STATED LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING ROLLOUT. AFTER ENGINES WERE SECURED PAX & CREW EVACUATED ACFT. A PAX STEPPED ON AIRSTEP DOOR TO ENTER ACFT AND RT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED MAIN GEAR COCKPIT LIGHTS WERE WIRED BACKWARDS, THUS THE FALSE UNSAFE WARNING ON LEFT GEAR. RT WHEEL INBOARD BRAKE WAS BINDING WHEN 100 PSI TEST PRESSURE WAS RELEASED. BOTH BRAKE PLATE ASSEMBLIES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HEAT. DISASSEMBLY OF WHEEL ASS'Y REVEALED PISTON BORES HAD BEEN SANDED DOWN TO POINT WHERE 16 RMS FINISH WAS REMOVED. BOTH SHUTTLE VALVE 'O' RINGS SHOWED DETERIORATION. HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL VISCOSITY AND CONTAINED HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUN, ALUMINUM AND NICKEL. BRAKE ASS'Y WERE OVERHAULED UNITS INSTALLED 1832 HRS PRIOR TO INCIDENT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 3/7/1984
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 2016
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City FORT WORTH
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 76106
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MEACHAM
Event Location Nearest Airport ID FTW
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 710
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2026 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID FTW
Elevation of weather observation facility 710
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Night/Bright
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 13
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 200
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 7
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 5041
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 25270
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N888B
NTSB Number FTW84IA163
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model BE-200
Aircraft Series Identifier BE-200
Aircraft Serial Number BB-200
Certified Max Gross Weight 12500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 10
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Mar 1 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 25
Airframe Hours 2585
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name STATE OF TEXAS
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 12224
Aircraft Owner City AUSTIN
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 78711
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Public Use
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code JC
Departure City SAN JOSE
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 16L
Runway Length 7500
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --