# Incident 19990523016679I: Beech 56TC, Cleveland, OH, May 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1999, 00:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56HR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56HR-2008-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 56TC (registry code 1152736, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-56tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 56TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,220 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990523016679I

## Narrative

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

ACFT DPARTED JQF FOR 2G1 ON 5/22/99 AT 2100 HOURS. PILOT MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO 2G1.  THEN HE TRIED AN APPROACH TO CGF WHERE HE REPORTED HITTING TREES.  ATC LOST TRANSPONDER CONTACT AND DIVERTED ACFT TO CLE WHERE IT CRASH LANDED ON RUNWAY 23R.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON ALL PROPELLER BLADES AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE SECTION.  ON THE RIGHT WING, THE LANDING LIGHT LENS WAS BROKEN AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DENTS ON THE LEADING EDGE BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE EXTENDED LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEARS HAD PIECES OF GREEN FOLIAGE ATTACHED.  THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE JAMMED IN ITS WHEEL WELL.  THE INBOARD UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT FLAP HAD A SIX INCH TEAR.

## Other reports on N56HR (1)

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

- [Incident 20010614012599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010614012599I), Jun 14, 2001: Beech 56TC (N56HR), Painesville, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Departed 2G1 enroute to cvg, after take-off pilot discovered the cabin door was not properly secured. Pilot elected to return to 2G1, and was distracted…

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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