# Incident 20020521012369I: Beech 58, Lake Charles, LA, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 23:07 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3873B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3873B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521012369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 15 AFTER A THUNDERSTORM, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY INTO THE MUD, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N3873B (1)

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

- [Incident 19970123008799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970123008799I), Jan 23, 1997: Beech 58 (N3873B), Del Rio, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: landed gear up. Pilot error.

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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