29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 8, 1983 · 12:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Wm P Hobby
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
320W8
Reported as
Beech 58
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total10,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Right main gear could not be locked down and folded on landing. Retract rod was found to be bent.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT MAIN GEAR COULD NOT BE LOCKED DOWN AND FOLDED ON LANDING. RETRACT ROD WAS FOUND TO BE BENT.