# Incident 19970912033889I: Beech 58, Ruston, LA, September 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1997, 21:40 local time
- Place: Ruston, LA
- Airport: Ruston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5132° N, 92.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUSTON RGNL (RSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5132&lon=-92.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6742N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6742N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 200 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912033889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER ON LANDING AT RUSTON, LA. PILOT EXECUTED GO AROUND, ELECTING TO LAND AT MONROE, LA WHERE SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE. NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED, RESULTING IN MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO NOSE CONE, GEAR AND GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N6742N (1)

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

- [Incident 19931113049679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931113049679I), Nov 13, 1993: Beech 58 (N6742N), New Orleans, LA. Smoke in cockpit on final. Made go around. Lowered gear manually. Landed safely. Landing gear actuator motor faulty.

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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