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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58TC · Little Rock, AR · June 1, 1996

Date: June 1, 1996 · 01:48 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N60234
Reported as: Beech 58TC
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

N60234Registration cancelled Nov 1, 2012 · Beech 58TCS/N TK-92 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBeech 58TC Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on June 1, 1996, at 0148, CDT, a Beechcraft, BE-58-TC sustained minor damage when the right main landing gear collapsed upon landing at Adams Field, Little Rock, AR. The air transport pilot and two passengers were not injured. The pilot reported that when he lowered the landing gear, the right main gear in-transit light (red) remained on. Investigation by A&P mechanics, in flight, revealed the right main retract rod was bent and the pilot elected to land with the right main landing gear not locked in down position. Investigation of the right main landing gear operation after a new right retract rod had been installed, revealed the right landing gear leg hung up on a nut that secures the uplock stop, after twenty (20) gear retraction cycles. The new retract rod sustained damage similar to the damage of the original rod. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 1, 1996, AT 0148, CDT, A BEECHCRAFT, BE-58-TC SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING AT ADAMS FIELD, LITTLE ROCK, AR. THE AIR TRANSPORT PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR IN-TRANSIT LIGHT (RED) REMAINED ON. INVESTIGATION BY A&P MECHANICS, IN FLIGHT, REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN RETRACT ROD WAS BENT AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT LOCKED IN DOWN POSITION. INVESTIGATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OPERATION AFTER A NEW RIGHT RETRACT ROD HAD BEEN INSTALLED, REVEALED THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG HUNG UP ON A NUT THAT SECURES THE UPLOCK STOP, AFTER TWENTY (20) GEAR RETRACTION CYCLES. THE NEW RETRACT ROD SUSTAINED DAMAGE SIMILAR TO THE DAMAGE OF THE ORIGINAL ROD. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.