# Incident 19990810025809I: Beech A24R, San Antonio, TX, August 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1999, 13:50 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060R-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 17 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990810025809I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 10, 1999, MR. PAUL E. KAHLER, CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 002586570, AN AVIATIO SAFETY INSPECTOR (ASI) OF THE SAN ANTONIO FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (SAT-FSDO), WAS CONDUCTING AN INITIAL CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) EVALUATION ON ARTURO O. GAMBOA, CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 586046298. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION AND A PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, MR. KAHLER RELINQUISHED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO MR. GAMBOA AND THEY WER CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12L. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY, THEY SECURED THE CABIN DOOR. MR. GAMBOA THEN PRECEEDED TO TAXI TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 12L AND MR. GAMBOA WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE CABIN DOOR OPENED FOR THE SECOND TIME. MR. KAHLER CALLED TOWER CONTROL TO REQUEST LANDING INSTRUCTIONS AND THE TERMINATION OF THE FLIGHT. MESSRS. GAMBOA AND KAHLER STATED THAT ON THEIR TURN TO FINAL THAT THEY BOTH SAW THREE (3) GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS THAT INDICATED THE GEAR WAS SAFE FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DECELERATED WHILE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS HELD OFF THE RUNWAY. AS THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, THEY NOTICED THAT THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY TWICE AND THE  ENGINE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ANOTHER 200 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE, DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS, COMPRESSION OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST OUTLET, DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE LOWER COWLING, AND SCORING OF THE NOSE LANDING FORK. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS CASE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8060R (2)

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

- [Accident 20001123018289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001123018289A), Nov 23, 2000: Beech A24R (N8060R), Madison, MS, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing at mbo on runway 35, two deer crossed runway in front of aircraft. Pilot maneuvered aircraft to avoid deer and tail impacted the ground…
- [Incident 19940902033649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940902033649I), Sep 2, 1994: Beech C24R (N8060R), Horseshoe Bend, AR, Minor damage. Struck a deer on landing.

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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