# Accident 20010120000369A: Beech B23, Columbus-W Pt-S, MS, January 20, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Columbus-W Pt-S, MS
- Airport: Golden Triangle Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4483° N, 88.5914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL (GTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4483&lon=-88.5914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6107N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6107N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,696 total, 640 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010120000369A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON JANUARY 20, 2001, AT 1500 CST A BEECH BE-23 RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN COLUMBUS, MS. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED COLUMBUS, MS. AT 1440 HOURS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, WHICH INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF THE TOP HALF OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAXI HE NOTICED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SEEMED SLIGHTLY "STIFF" WHEN APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER, AND SLIGHTLY "LESS RESPONSIVE" WHEN APPLYING LEFT RUDDER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTED OF FLIGHT, THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR A LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR THE DRIFT CONDITION. AFTER SEVERAL LATERAL OSCILLATIONS, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AGAIN AND STARTED TO SKID. AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED THE LEF T SKID, AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED THE LEFT SKID, THE RIGHT MAINLANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE A/C HAD RECENTLY HAD NOSE GEAR MAINTENANCE AT A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR COMPONENT FAILURE. (-23)FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY.  TEST FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION, PILOT DEPARTED WITH NORMAL T/O, ORBITED FOR 20 AT 2500 FEET TO CHECK A/C AND DECIDED TO LAND WHEN HE SMELLED FUEL FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING WITH ACFT STARTING TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT, PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER GOT NO RESPONSE, APPLIED ADDITIONAL LEFT RUDDER, THE A/C DRIFTED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, PILOT THEN APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, THE ACFT HEADED OFF THE RUNWAY, PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT AND ACFT GROUND LOOPED, SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT BREAKING OFF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR.  ALSO DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT DOOR.

## NTSB investigation

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