# Accident 20020623012709A: Beech 58, Farmington, NM, June 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2002, 12:18 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7414° N, 108.2300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7414&lon=-108.2300&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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623012709A

## Narrative

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

(.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 NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT THE FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY SAN JUAN PILOT TRAINING, INC., DBA MESA AIRLINES PILOT DEVELOPMENT, AT FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, UNDER CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRIVATE PILOT/MULTIENGINE STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AND A COMPANY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND ACTIVATED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FARMINGTON AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED THE FAILURE OF THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THE CABIN BULKHEAD. (-23) PILOT EXECUTED GO-AROUND DUE TO NOSE GEAR THAT WOULD NOT EXTEND. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT SLID FREE OF RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 FTW02LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA189), Jun 23, 2002: Beech BE-58 (N8245H), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose landing gear plunger assembly due to fatigue.

## 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…
- [Incident 20020321005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020321005469I), Mar 21, 2002: Beech 58 (N8245H), Farmington, NM. (-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…

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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