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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Greenwood, SC · January 24, 1994

Date: January 24, 1994 · 17:55 local
Place: Greenwood, SC
Airport: Greenwood County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7235U
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total3,000 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N7235URegistered now · Beech 58S/N TH-1481 · Built 1985 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

Narrative: pilot departed grd when he retracted the gear he heard a noise but did not think alot about it. When the pilot extended the gear for landing he lost aileron control and the nose gear would not extend. The pilot then retracted the gear and regained aileron control. After recycling the landing gear several times the pilot heard a loud pop, then with the gear extended he had control of the ailerons but no nose gear light. The pilot then landed the aircraft with minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED GRD WHEN HE RETRACTED THE GEAR HE HEARD A NOISE BUT DID NOT THINK ALOT ABOUT IT. WHEN THE PILOT EXTENDED THE GEAR FOR LANDING HE LOST AILERON CONTROL AND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT THEN RETRACTED THE GEAR AND REGAINED AILERON CONTROL. AFTER RECYCLING THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP, THEN WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED HE HAD CONTROL OF THE AILERONS BUT NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT. THE PILOT THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.