# Incident 19981014035089I: Beech 58, Des Moines, IA, October 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1998, 14:55 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JEMA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8140R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8140R-2013-05-13) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 50 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/19981014035089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MAKE A NORMAL LANDING AT DSM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BUT DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  TWO PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED BY THE PILOT WITH NO INJURIES.  PILOT REPORTED TO HAVE HAD ALL THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS - VERIFIED BY GROUND MAINTENANCE CREW.  INSPECTION REVEALED NOSE GEAR RETRACT BRACE ASSEMBLY BROKEN.  ORIGINAL PART NUMBER UNKNOWN, NEW PART NUMBER IS 002-820018-3.

## Other reports on N8140R (2)

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

- [Accident 20040820024019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820024019A), Aug 20, 2004: Beech 58 (N8140R), Groveton, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On August 20, 2004, at approximately 2000 CDT, a Beechcraft, N8140R, model BE-58 was destroyed during landing roll out at Trinity county airport (33R),…
- [Incident 19930913036879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930913036879I), Sep 13, 1993: Beech 58 (N8140R), Centerville, IA, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit. Returned. Landed safely. Found wiring in autopilot had burned and wires were melted.

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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