Hoonah Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hoonah, Alaska 99829
Monday, July 7, 2003 17:00 AKD

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot said that during the landing roll, the airplane veered sharply to the left, and he applied hard right brake and right rudder to maintain the runway heading. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the left edge of the runway. The pilot said he found heavy left main wheel skid marks on the runway, and a State of Alaska Department of Transportation worker located parts of the left brake assembly on the runway, 300 feet from the airplane. The left wing, left nacelle, and left main landing gear of the airplane were damaged in the accident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The locking of the left brake during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the left main landing gear.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/7/2003
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1700
Event Time Zone --
Event City Hoonah
Event State ALASKA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 99829
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 580546N
Event Location Longitude 1352435W
Event Location Airport Hoonah
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PAOH
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 20
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -5
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -12
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 260
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.72
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 14138
NTSB Notification Source FAA Anchorage, ROC
NTSB Notification Date Jul 9 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1000
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Nov 25 2003 11:36AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Juneau, FSDO-05

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3178A
NTSB Number ANC03LA074
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed Company VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model 58
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number TH-3
Certified Max Gross Weight 5400
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 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 4 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours 4380
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Georgeanna L Jackson
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Hoonah
Aircraft Owner State AK
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 99829
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name JAC, INC.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address PO Box 599
Operator City Hoonah
Operator State AK
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 99829
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PAJN
Departure City Juneau
Departure State AK
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1645
Departure Time Zone ADT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code PAOH
Destination City Hoonah
Destination State AK
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Aug 12 2003 7:12PM
User who most recently changed record PETL
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 5
Runway Length 2997
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --