Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Columbia Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Columbia, California 95310
Monday, January 27, 2014 5:30 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On January 27, 2014, about 0530 Pacific standard time (PST), a Beech C90 King Air, N350WA, experienced a hard landing at Columbia Airport (O22), Columbia, California. Axis Jet was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The commercial pilot and the airline transport pilot were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage by impact forces and the post-crash fire. The cross-country aero-medical positioning flight departed Sacramento, California, about 0500. Visual night meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed.
The crew reported that the purpose of the flight was to pick up an aero-medical harvest team coordinator at O22 and fly them to San Luis Obispo, California. The crew reported no anomalies with the flight, airplane, or the approach to land at O22. The flying pilot (FP) was seated in the left seat and the non-flying co-pilot (NFP) was assisting the FP by performing the checklists and reporting speeds and other cockpit information to the FP. The pilots both described the landing as firm. As soon as the airplane contacted the runway, both pilots stated that they heard a loud bang followed by the airplane's belly scraping the runway. The airplane slid down the runway coming to rest on the left side of the runway. They both observed fire on the left side of the airplane near the engine nacelle. The airplane was subsequently thermally consumed by the postaccident fire.
Investigators examined the wreckage at the accident scene. The first identified points of contact (FIPC) were three ground scars consistent with the geometry of the main landing gear and the nose wheel. The FIPC was about 100 feet south of the runway on the displaced threshold.
The accident site was documented, and the wreckage was recovered for possible further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/27/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 530 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | Columbia |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95310 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 380146N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1202448W |
| Event Location Airport | COLUMBIA |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | O22 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 135 |
| Airport Elevation | 2120 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1335 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | O22 |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 2120 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| 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) | 1 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -5 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.09 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KO22 271335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/M05 A3 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA WP Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 29 2014 8:13PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N350WA |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA102 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | C90 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | UNDESIGNAT |
| Aircraft Serial Number | LJ-762 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 9989 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | COASTAL AVIATION LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | SACRAMENTO |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 958220652 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | ELDORADO AIR LLC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Sacramento |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 95822 |
| Operator Code | QZJA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | QZJA305L |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SAC |
| Departure City | SACRAMENTO |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 500 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | O22 |
| Destination City | Columbia |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 29 2014 8:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 35 |
| Runway Length | 4673 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | Yes |
| Medical Flight | Organ Transport |