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FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Lamar, MO · March 21, 1997

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Date
March 21, 1997 · 17:20 local
Place
Lamar, MO
Airport
Lamar Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20292
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,970 total25 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days
N20292Registered now · Beech 58S/N TH-966 · Built 1978Airframe modelBeech 58Engine 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: the pilot was not very helpful in describing exactly what occurred. He did state that his first approach to runway 21 was aborted after touch down. Tire tracks indicated the aircraft ran off the end of the runway, then became airborne again. Then sank to the ground again approximately 450 feet beyond the end of the runway. He thinks the nose gear drag link was broken at this point of ground contact. After finally becoming airborne, he decided to land this time on runway 03. At touchdown, he stated that he thought the nose was settling too low. The nose continued to collapse and the aircraft came to rest at the end of the runway and off to the left side of the runway about 50 feet from the end. It should be noted that prop strikes from both engines were present at a starting point of about 155 paces from the threshold and continued for about 28 paces, then they quit. At a point of about 1800 feet from the threshold, the left propeller resumed striking the concrete as the aircraft traveled off the runway onto the grass and came to rest there. The left propeller was feathered. The propeller was probably inadvertently feathered at a point between the first prop strikes and the second area of right prop strikes. There were no injuries. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose gear doors and propellers. privacy data omitted This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS NOT VERY HELPFUL IN DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED. HE DID STATE THAT HIS FIRST APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 WAS ABORTED AFTER TOUCH DOWN. TIRE TRACKS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THEN SANK TO THE GROUND AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE THINKS THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK WAS BROKEN AT THIS POINT OF GROUND CONTACT. AFTER FINALLY BECOMING AIRBORNE, HE DECIDED TO LAND THIS TIME ON RUNWAY 03. AT TOUCHDOWN, HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE NOSE WAS SETTLING TOO LOW. THE NOSE CONTINUED TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE END. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT PROP STRIKES FROM BOTH ENGINES WERE PRESENT AT A STARTING POINT OF ABOUT 155 PACES FROM THE THRESHOLD AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 28 PACES, THEN THEY QUIT. AT A POINT OF ABOUT 1800 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD, THE LEFT PROPELLER RESUMED STRIKING THE CONCRETE AS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST THERE. THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED.THE PROPELLER WAS PROBABLY INADVERTENTLY FEATHERED AT A POINT BETWEEN THE FIRST PROP STRIKES AND THE SECOND AREA OF RIGHT PROP STRIKES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLERS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.