# Incident 19850617048649I: Beech 58TC, Palo Alto, CA, June 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1985, 19:45 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17841, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17841-2011-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,790 total, 12 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850617048649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. GEAR DOOR AND BRAKE DAMAGE INDICATE INADVERTENT RETRACTION. FLAPS WERE DOWN.

## Other reports on N17841 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880919050819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880919050819I), Sep 19, 1988: Beech 58TC (N17841), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Emergency landing when unable to extend nose gear. Had retracted gear with tow motor attached which wedges gear.
- [Accident 19820815070059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820815070059A), Aug 15, 1982: Beech 58TC (N17841), Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot states he lowered gear for landing yet landed gear up. Cause not determined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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