# Incident 19990901035439I: Beech 58, Harrisburg, PA, September 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1999, 16:55 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58GP-2013-03-14) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901035439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT INFORMED ATC SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM 29D (GROVE CITY, PA) THAT HE HAD A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED AND MAIN GEAR STATUS (LOCKED/NOT LOCKED) UNKNOWN.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND CXY (CAPITAL CITY PA), RUNWAY 08, GEAR-UP.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE - BELLY - BOTH PROPELLERS "Q-TIP", BOTH ENGINES - SUDDEN STOPPAGE, RIGHT SIDE ENTER STEP BROKE, BATTERY VENT BROKE, BELLY ANTENNAS BROKE.  ACCUPANTS WERE PILOT AND HIS SON - NO INJURIES.  MAINTENANCE EVALUATION OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM DETERMINED THAT NOSE GEAR RETRACT DRAG BRACE BROKE (PRIOR TO LANDING.)  NOTE:  THIS DRAG BRACE IS NOT THE NEW STYLE (A FORGING TYPE CONSTRUCTION), THE INSTALLED TYPE WAS THE OLDER STYLE WHICH IS BUBULAR CONSTRUCTION.  THE TUBE HAD HEAVY INTERNAL RUST.

## Other reports on N58GP (1)

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

- [Incident 19990828031939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828031939I), Aug 28, 1999: Beech 58 (N58GP), State College, PA. (-23) Pilot filed what he stated was an IFR flight plan with duats, (it was received as an VFR flight plan.) He did coordinate for the 'slot program'-a…

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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