# Incident 20010610013039I: Beech E18S, Miami, FL, June 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2001, 09:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P3EA
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N967, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N967-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,944 total, 2,737 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010610013039I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO OPF, AFTER A REVENUE FLIGHT TO NASSU, LANDED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (L/G) NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT HAD SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND HEARD A LOUD BANK A FEW SECONDS LATER.  HE ACCESSED THE L/G MOTOR THROUGH THE ACCESS PANEL AND FOUND THE MOTOR RUNNING.  HE PULLED THE L/G CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY.  THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING THE MANUAL EXTENTION.  HE OBSERVED THE CHAIN WRAPPING AROUND THE DRIVE SHAFT IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA.  HE WAS NOT ABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND GET A GREEN LIGHT.  HE COMPLETED THREE FLY-BYS OF THE TOWER.  ON THE THIRD FLY-BY THE GREEN LIGHT CAME ON.  HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30, WITHOUT THE NOSE L/G BEING DOWN.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, SUSTAINING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.  POST INCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND THE CHAIN HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N967 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830922075279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830922075279I), Sep 22, 1983: Beech E18S (N967), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Unable to extend gear normally or manually. Gear motor cutoff switch was stuck and manual gear placard backward.

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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