# Incident 19981231045299I: Beech 58, Sioux Falls, SD, December 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1998, 04:15 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400RP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981231045299I

## Narrative

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

(-5)WHEN PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE BUT GOT THE COCKPIT INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. SUSPECTING THAT HE  MIGHT HAVE A GEAR PROBLEM, HE CONTACTED MSP ARTCC AND NOTIFIED THEM.  HE ALSO CONTACTED HIS COMPANY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT VIA RADIO.  HE LANDED AT SIOUX FALLS, SD, AND UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AITPLANE SETTLED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THE PILOT SUSPECTED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR WAS FROZEN IN THE WHEEL WELL.  BEFORE DEPARTURE AT DES MOINES, IA, HE HAD TAXIED THROUGH ICE AND SLUSH AND HIS BRAKES HAD FROZEN.  MECHANICS AT BUSINESS AVIATION IN SIOUX FALLS, SD, INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND THE RIGHT ROD RETRACT ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT GEAR WAS STILL IN THE RETACTED POSITION.  THE DOWN SWITCH FOR LANDING GEAR IS ON THE GEAR ACTUATOR.  WHEN THE ACTUATOR REACHES A PREDETERMINED POSITION, A SWITCH CONTACT IS MADE AND THE COCKPIT INDICTATION IS ON GREEN LIGHT.  IN THIS INCIDENT THE PILOT HAD A GREEN LIGHT EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL THREE WHEELS WERE EXTENDED.

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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