# Incident 19870830055679I: Beech 58, Kenai, AK, August 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1987, 15:57 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ELYA
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17529, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17529-2012-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870830055679I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. LANDED BESIDE RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP. INTERNAL FAILURE OF GEARBOX.

## Other reports on N17529 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870123005859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870123005859I), Jan 23, 1987: Beech 58 (N17529), Tyonek, AK, Minor damage. Allowed aircraft to drift off centerline on landing and struck a snowbank that was left on edge of the runway.
- [Incident 19780815037019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780815037019I), Aug 15, 1978: Beech 58 (N17529), Roanoke, VA, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend nose ger before landing. Nose gear rod failed.

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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