Thursday, April 09, 2026

Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, N976KC, incident occurred on April 7, 2026, at Wilmington-New Castle Airport (ILG/KILG), Wilmington, Delaware

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N976KC

- History of Flight:
On April 7, 2026, at about 1105 local time, a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, N976KC, registered to Tennessee River Steel LLC, sustained unknown damage when it was involved in an incident at Wilmington Airport (ILG/KILG), Wilmington, Delaware. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA/KCHA), 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, at 0909 LT.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft substained damage to landing gear for uknown reasons." ADS-B data show that the airplane landed on runway 27 when it came to a halt around midfield. At the time, the reported weather at 1051 included winds 280°at 20, gusting 31 knots.

Figure 1: ADS-B data

- Weather:

METAR KILG 071451Z 28020G31KT 10SM CLR 11/M07 A3024 RMK AO2 PK WND 31033/1358 SLP241 T01111067 53020 $

METAR KILG 071551Z 32016G27KT 10SM CLR 12/M05 A3025 RMK AO2 PK WND 31030/1506 SLP244 T01221050 $

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