20011217037149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58TC · Jacksonville, FL · December 17, 2001

Date: December 17, 2001 · 15:30 local
Place: Jacksonville, FL
Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55KJ
Reported as: Beech 58TC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total2,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N55KJRegistered now · Beech 58TCS/N TK-40 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBeech 58TC

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft landed runway 14 at crg (Craig), when exiting runway at taxiway echo left main landing gear collapsed. Pilot stated that he had three greens and landing and roll-out were normal. Damage was limited to left engine and prop, left inbd gear door, and left wing skins. Inspection of landing gear system revealed that the push-pull tube was twisted at the inbd end. Unable to perform gear retraction test to determine cause of gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 14 AT CRG (CRAIG), WHEN EXITING RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY ECHO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THREE GREENS AND LANDING AND ROLL-OUT WERE NORMAL. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO LEFT ENGINE AND PROP, LEFT INBD GEAR DOOR, AND LEFT WING SKINS. INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE PUSH-PULL TUBE WAS TWISTED AT THE INBD END. UNABLE TO PERFORM GEAR RETRACTION TEST TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF GEAR COLLAPSE.