Beech 300 accident near Asheboro, North Carolina, August 19, 2024
On August 19, 2024 at about 12:58 pm local time, a 1988 Beech 300, registered N600KA, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Asheboro, North Carolina (Asheboro Rgnl airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 5 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 pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 19, 2024 · about 12:58 pm local time
- Place
- Asheboro, North Carolina · Asheboro Rgnl · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 5 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 300, built 1988 · all 300s on the register
- Registration
- N600KA · no longer on the register · serial FA-143
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that while in the airport traffic pattern to land, there were several other airplanes in the area, and he was distracted as he tried to keep track of them. He could not recall extending the airplane’s landing gear before landing. An airport security video showed that that the airplane approached the runway and landed with the landing gear retracted. The underside of the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident. Following the accident, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane. Due to damage sustained to the airplane during the accident, the landing gear were unable to be extended normally, but once they were manually extended, the position indicating system operated normally.
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
- Landing gear not configured during landing defining event
- Abnormal runway contact during landing
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › Forgotten action/omission › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › Gear extension and retract sys › Not used/operated
Pilot
- Certificate: 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: 22,440 hours in all; 2,047 in this make and model; 268 in the last 90 days; 89 in the last 30 days; 21,840 as pilot in command; 1,500 on instruments
- Last flight review: April 27, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,286 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, May 9, 2024; 47.2 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 14,000 lb
- Seats: 19
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: P&W Canada PT6A-60A (turboprop); 6,191 hours total
- Engine 2: P&W Canada PT6A-60A (turboprop); 6,131 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: GRD Greenwood SC at 12:00 pm
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 3, 5,501 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 72°F (22°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observation at 9:05 am from HBI
Weather report (METAR): KHBI 191305Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2987 RMK AO2 T02150190
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 4 |
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 ERA24LA354.