Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Sep 21, 2016, Jackson-McKe...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on September 21, 2016 near Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The...
- Date: September 21, 2016
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the collapse of the right main landing gear.
A Beechcraft B100 King Air on a Part 91 business ferry flight from Memphis landed hard at McKellar Sipes Regional Airport in Jackson, Tennessee, on 21 September 2016. The right main landing gear collapsed, the airplane veered off the runway and struck a runway sign and a weather antenna, and the commercial pilot was not injured. The NTSB (ERA16LA320) found the pilot improperly flared the airplane, causing the hard landing and gear collapse.