19971008030469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Gaylord, MI · October 8, 1997

Date: October 8, 1997 · 18:40 local
Place: Gaylord, MI
Airport: Otsego County
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N18BZ
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,350 total825 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: on October 7, 1997 at approximately 1800 EDT a Beechcraft BE58, N18BZ departed from Gaylord, MI (glr) with the tow bar attached to the nose gear. The properly certificated pilot, jeff weiber returned to the airport and landed the aircraft causing minor damage to the nose section skin and the nose landing gear assembly when the nosegear collapsed. There were no injuries and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. This investigation is considered closed. Pilot was counseled about proper procedures of removing an aircraft from a hangar & ensuring a proper walk around is accomplished.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 7, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 EDT A BEECHCRAFT BE58, N18BZ DEPARTED FROM GAYLORD, MI (GLR) WITH THE TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR. THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT, JEFF WEIBER RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION SKIN AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY WHEN THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. PILOT WAS COUNSELED ABOUT PROPER PROCEDURES OF REMOVING AN AIRCRAFT FROM A HANGAR & ENSURING A PROPER WALK AROUND IS ACCOMPLISHED.