BE200 PLT LANDED WITH GUSTY XWINDS; BALLOONED; LOST ACFT CTL; AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY.

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WINDS WERE GUSTY AND ACROSS THE RWY. A NORMAL APCH TO THE RWY WAS MADE; BUT DURING THE FLARE; THE ACFT BALLOONED; AFTER WHICH A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE BTWN 1/3 - 1/2 THE LENGTH OF THE RWY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN; I DID NOT GET THE PWR LEVERS INTO REVERSE THRUST. IT SEEMED AT THE TIME THAT THE PWR LEVERS WERE STUCK OR BINDING. I CONSIDERED A GAR; AND EVEN ADVANCED THE PWR LEVERS (THE PROP CTLS WERE ALREADY AT MAX); BUT DURING PWR LEVER ADVANCEMENT; I BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF RWY REMAINING; PULLED THE PWR LEVERS BACK; AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE ACFT ON THE REMAINING RWY. THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RWY BY ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE ACFT. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS BLOWN TIRES. THE MAIN GEAR TIRES WERE REPLACED; AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN TO ITS HOME BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. SINCE IT TURNED OUT THAT NO DEFECT IN THE PWR LEVERS WAS FOUND; MY CONCLUSION IS THAT IN HASTE TO GET THE PROPS INTO REVERSE; I PULLED THE LEVERS BEFORE LIFTING THEM FAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW MOVEMENT FROM IDLE TO BETA AND ON TO REVERSE. AFTER FAILURE TO ATTAIN REVERSE THRUST; AN IMMEDIATE DECISION SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO EITHER LEAVE THE LEVERS AT FLT IDLE AND STOP THE ACFT USING BRAKES ONLY; OR IMMEDIATELY APPLY MAX PWR AND BEGIN THE GAR; RATHER THAN BEING INDECISIVE. IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO ALL PLTS IN TRAINING TO ANALYZE A SIT; AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE ACTION WITHOUT DELAY.