# Accident 20020202000629A: Beech 58P, Santa Ana, CA, February 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2002, 18:23 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6817° N, 117.8692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6817&lon=-117.8692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4458S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4458S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020202000629A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRPLANE HIT A BUMP JUST BEFORE LANDING AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19R JUST PASSED TAXIWAY JULIET AND HIT TWO RUNWAY SIGNS.  THE PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND AND WAS ABLE TO GET AIRBORNE.  HE OBSERVED THAT HE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO LAND RATHER THAN CONTINUE HIS GO-AROUND.  HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 19R, NEAR TAXIWAY HOTEL, AND ON THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT.  THIS WAS DUE TO A BROKEN SCISSOR LINK ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO TURN NINETY DEGREES TO THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19R NEXT TO TAXIWAY ECHO.  A BOEING 757 HAD LANDED FOUR AND HALF MINUTES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT.                     (-23 AMENDMENT) PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRPLANE HIT A BUMP JUST BEFORE LANDING AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19R PAST TAXIWAY JULIET AND HIT TWO RUNWAY SIGNS. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HE OBSERVED THAT HE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO LAND RATHER THAN CONTINUE HIS GO-AROUND. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 19R, NEAR TAXIWAY HOTEL , AND ON THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT. THIS WAS DUE TO A BROKEN SCISSORS LINK ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO TURN NINETY DEGREES TO THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19R NEXT TO TAXIWAY ECHO. A BOEING 757 HAD LANDED FOUR AND HALF MINUTES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX02LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA221), Feb 3, 2002: Beech 58P (N4458S), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to remain above the landing Boeing 757's glide path resulting in an encounter with wing tip vortices, a loss of directional control after touchdown, and collision with taxiway…

## Other reports on N4458S (1)

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

- [Accident 19930122000739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930122000739A), Jan 22, 1993: Beech 58P (N4458S), Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long hot and fast. Skidded as flaps were retracted. Side load collapsed a main landing gear.

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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