# Incident 20020321005469I: Beech 58, Farmington, NM, March 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2002, 11:20 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8245H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8245H-2012-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO550C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020321005469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/21/02, AT APPROXIMATELY 1120 MST, N8245H, A BEECH BARON BE-58, WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE FARMINGTON, NM FOUR CORNERS AIRPORT, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT DUE TO LANDING GEAR MOTOR FAILURE. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT HAD JUST EXTENDED THE GEAR FOR LANDING WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED CB POP AND SMOKE IN CABIN. THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE GEAR ON TRANSIT LIGHT HAD REMAINED ON AND COULD NOT GET 3 GREEN ANNUNCIATORS FOR GEAR EXTENSION. AIRCRAFT FLEW BY TOWER TO CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. FLIGHT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR MOTOR HAD BURNED UP.

## Other reports on N8245H (2)

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

- [Accident 20090311001949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090311001949A), Mar 11, 2009: Beech 58 (N8245H), Durango, CO, Substantial damage. On 3/11/09 at 1906 MST a BE-58 N8245H was substantially damaged when it hard landed during flight instruction. The instructor and PIC were performing a double…
- [Accident 20020623012709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623012709A), Jun 23, 2002: Beech 58 (N8245H), Farmington, NM, No damage. (.19) On June 23, 2002, at 1218 mountain standard time, a Beech BE-58, multiengine airplane, N8245H, sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the…

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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