# Incident 19970924033659I: Beech 58, Conroe, TX, September 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1997, 10:55 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Montgomery  County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3119° N, 95.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conroe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3119&lon=-95.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3178A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3178A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970924033659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N3178A DEPARTED HOPE, ARKANSAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO CONROE, TEXAS. ONE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND TEXAS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. UPON REACHING CONROE, THE PILOT HAD TO DO A MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY DOWN, SO HE FLEW THE AIRPLANE OVER CONROE AIRPORT WHERE SOMEONE DID A VISUAL CHECK OF THE GEAR. THE PILOT, AFTER HEARING THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN, LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE GEAR FOLDED UP AS THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON THE WHEELS. NO INJURIES OCCURRED TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3178A (1)

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

- [Accident 20030707037169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707037169A), Jul 7, 2003: Beech 58 (N3178A), Hoonah, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon rollout of a/c after landing (about 800 feet), PIC applied brakes to the a/c and a/c veered to the left and skidded sideways, forcing a side load on…

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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