# Incident 19980918025439I: Beech 58, Olathe, KS, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998, 14:58 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225TA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 74 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025439I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, AND THE ACFT EXITED RWY 18 ON THE WEST SIDE APPROX 1500' FROM THE RWY 18 THRESHOLD. (-5) PIC STATED THAT, DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION. HE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED WHAT HE DID, AND RETURNED THE SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 18 APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD. THE REMAINING TWO LANDING GEAR ALSO PARTIALLY RETRACTED INTO THE WHEEL WELLS. POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH PROPELLERS WERE SCRAPED AND BENT, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS SCRAPED, AND THE TRAILING EDGES OF BOTH FLAPS WERE BENT. THIS INCIDENT,^PRIVACY DATA OM^ IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N225TA (3)

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

- [Incident 20000314001999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314001999I), Mar 14, 2000: Beech 58 (N225TA), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that upon landing on runway 27 at Memphis intl, the right main gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to veer off of the right side of the…
- [Incident 19941023038479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941023038479I), Oct 23, 1994: Beech 95B55 (N225TA), Asheville, NC, Minor damage. Activated gear down switch. Failed to ascertain position. Landed gear up. Circuit breaker was popped.
- [Incident 19850731040919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850731040919I), Jul 31, 1985: Beech 58 (N225TA), Madison, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up after short flight. APU had been used to start aircraft due to dead battery.

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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