Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A accident near Atlanta, Georgia, November 30, 2023
On November 30, 2023 at about 6:18 pm local time, a 2000 Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, registered N800SD, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Atlanta, Georgia (Dekalb-Peachtree airport). It was a positioning flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The collapse of the airplane’s left main landing gear during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 30, 2023 · about 6:18 pm local time
- Place
- Atlanta, Georgia · Dekalb-Peachtree · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, built 2000
- Registration
- N800SD · registry record · serial RK-270
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
After a normal landing, the left main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane impacting the runway on its left belly and dragging the left wing about 3,800 ft down the paved surface of the runway before coming to rest. The left wing sustained substantial damage. Postaccident operational testing of the airplane’s landing gear system revealed that the left main landing gear down lock actuator did not provide adequate pressure to lock the landing gear, which allowed the landing gear to retract upon landing. Visual examination of the actuator did not reveal any anomalies, and it was not leaking fluid. No additional examination of the left landing gear actuator was performed.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) during landing (landing roll) defining event
- Unknown or undetermined during landing (landing roll)
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › Gear extension and retract sys › Malfunction
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Capability exceeded
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › Gear extension and retract sys › Unknown/Not determined
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 10,900 hours in all; 300 in this make and model; 100 in the last 90 days; 15 in the last 30 days; 9,500 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: August 25, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,500 hours in all; 14 in this make and model; 150 in the last 90 days; 40 in the last 30 days; 2,400 as pilot in command; 1,100 on instruments
- Last flight review: November 18, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 7,126 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, November 3, 2023; 160 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 13,300 lb
- Seats: 9
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5 (turbofan); 3,459 hours total
- Engine 2: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5 (turbofan); 3,459 hours total
- Operator: Executive Air Services LLC
The flight
- Departed from: TEB Teterboro NJ at 4:13 pm
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 03R, 6,001 ft by 100 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 55°F (13°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observation at 12:53 pm from PDK, 1 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KPDK 301753Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 13/M02 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP230 T01331017 10133 21017 58016=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA24LA056.