# Incident 19960616021509I: Beech 58, Westhampton Bea, NY, June 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1996, 21:00 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: The Francis S Gabreski Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCIS S GABRESKI (FOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3174B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3174B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960616021509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT ROTATION SPEED, LANDING GEAR SYSTEM RETRACTED WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. AIRPLANE NOSE DIPPED AT THIS POINT AND PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE DAMAGED. THE PILOT CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE BOTTOM OF ITS FUSELAGE TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. FUSELAGE LOWER SKIN AND FRAMES WERE DAMAGED. SIX PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGED. COMPLETE DAMAGE AT THIS TIME NOT COMPLETED. BEECH FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY SWITCH, INDICATED THAT MICRO SWITCH WAS ELECTRICALLY HELD IN THE "UP" POSITION DUE TO LEVER CAM ON SHAFT FINGER LOOSE, EVEN THOUGH ALLEN SET SCREW WAS TIGHT. ELECTRIC MICRO-SWITCH REMOVED FROM CAM ASSEMBLY AND SWITCH CHECKED ELECTRICALLY NORMAL. A SAFETY SUGGESTION WILL BE SUBMITTED TO INSURE A POSITIVE LOCK ON CAM TO SHAFT SECURITY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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