# Incident 19860523027669I: Beech 58, Griffin, GA, May 23, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1986, 17:45 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Spalding
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2432° N, 84.2719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griffin, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2432&lon=-84.2719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860523027669I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. FOUND GEAR UPLOCK SPRING WAS UNHOOKED FROM THE BRACKET.

## Other reports on N41EC (4)

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

- [Incident 20120603011199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603011199I), Jun 3, 2012: Beech 58 (N41EC), Manning, SC, Minor damage. During taxi the pilot selected the gear up which resulted in the landing gear to retract during takeoff role and the aircraft settled back on the runway…
- [Incident 20110917021549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917021549I), Sep 17, 2011: Beech 58 (N41EC), Concord, NC, Minor damage. During approach to jqf the landing gear was selected down. A loud pop was heard when the gear started down. The main gear had green lights and the nose did…
- [Incident 19910412013809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910412013809I), Apr 12, 1991: Beech 58 (N41EC), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Suspect nose gear linkage and strut malfunction.
- [Incident 19840116002509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840116002509I), Jan 16, 1984: Beech 58 (N41EC), Angleton, TX, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Tried to correct by raising flaps. Retracted the gear instead.

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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