# Accident 20020628019899A: Beech 58, Nashville, TN, June 28, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 28, 2002, 14:50 local time - Place: Nashville, TN - Airport: Nashville International Airport - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: FPIA - Location: 36.1244° N, 86.6781° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1244&lon=-86.6781&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9098Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9098Q) (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 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02IA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA138) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020628019899A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) BARON N9098Q, LANDING RNWY 20C AT KBNA, STRUCK THE LEFT PROP ON THE PAVEMENT 17 TIMES. THEN DRAGGING A LEFT IN-BOARD GEAR DOOR ON THE GROUND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET BEFORE THE LEFT PROP BEGAN TO STRIKE THE SURFACE (42 REVOLUTIONS). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON 500 FEET BEFORE THE LEFT PROP AND THEN THE RIGHT PROP BEGAN TO STRIKE THE SURFACE. THE NOSE PITCHED FORWARD AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID 263' TO A STOP. PIC PIERRE WAS NOT IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. THE MECHANIC/PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT ACTUALLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS AND A WITNESS INDICATE THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN DURING INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PIC STATED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED NEXT FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR. (.19) ON JUNE 28, 2002 AT 1450 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 58, N9098Q, COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY DURING A LANDING AT NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO AND OWNED BY FLIGHT EXPRESS, INC., WAS OPERATED BY THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPANY MECHANIC. THE MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISION S OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. NEITHER OCCUPANT SUSTAINED INJURIES, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AT 1430. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THIS FLIGHT WAS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO VERIFY ENGINE TAKEOFF RPM AND TO VERIFY THROTTLE POSITION FOR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN MICRO-SWITCHES. THE TAKEOFF AND CLIMB WERE TYPICAL, AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS TESTED DURING DOWNWIND. THE GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS REDUCED. HOWEVER, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. ## 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 ATL02IA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA138), Jun 28, 2002: Beech 58 (N9098Q), Nashville, TN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Collapse of the main landing gear for undetermined reasons. ## Other reports on N9098Q (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20080514847429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080514847429I), May 14, 2008: Beech 58 (N9098Q), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. (-23) While on approach to Lunken the pilot put the landing gear handle down and heard a load banging noise along with no landing gear green down and locked… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.