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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Manassas, VA · October 9, 1998

Date: October 9, 1998 · 12:45 local
Place: Manassas, VA
Airport: Harry P Davis Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1015E
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,500 total125 in this make and model200 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.

(-5)Full stop landing runway 34L. Landing was normal until exit at taxiway A-2 when pilot noticed he was having directional control problems. Pilot notified tower and said he was going to shut down and check to see what the problem was. Further investigation revealed that the left main outboard gear door had come loose from topforward attach point, causing door to rotate on vertical axis aft and door to contact tire and brake line, causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)FULL STOP LANDING RUNWAY 34L. LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL EXIT AT TAXIWAY A-2 WHEN PILOT NOTICED HE WAS HAVING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS. PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN AND CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR HAD COME LOOSE FROM TOPFORWARD ATTACH POINT, CAUSING DOOR TO ROTATE ON VERTICAL AXIS AFT AND DOOR TO CONTACT TIRE AND BRAKE LINE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.