# Incident 19971008030469I: Beech 58, Gaylord, MI, October 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1997, 18:40 local time
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Airport: Otsego County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0213° N, 84.6818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaylord, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0213&lon=-84.6818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18BZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 825 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971008030469I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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