20020811024999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Vacaville, CA · August 11, 2002

Date
August 11, 2002 · 21:28 local
Place
Vacaville, CA
Airport
Nut Tree Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5867
Reported as
Beech E18S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28,000 total1,800 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed about 9:00 pm from Nut Tree Airport and proceeded once around the field and approached for normal landing, according to the pilot. Pilot stated that on normal landing touchdown and roll out on runway 20, the landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries to the pilot who was alone at the time. During recovery of the aircraft from the runway, the aircraft was raised by the prop shafts with a boom truck. The pilot stated once the aircraft was raised he entered the aircraft and use the normal electrical landing gear extension system, and the gear came down and locked. The aircraft was then stowed from the runway. Damage to the aircraft is as follows, both propellers, sudden stop to both engines, both lower.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ABOUT 9:00 PM FROM NUT TREE AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED ONCE AROUND THE FIELD AND APPROACHED FOR NORMAL LANDING, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. PILOT STATED THAT ON NORMAL LANDING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 20, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS ALONE AT THE TIME. DURING RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED BY THE PROP SHAFTS WITH A BOOM TRUCK. THE PILOT STATED ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED HE ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT AND USE THE NORMAL ELECTRICAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM, AND THE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN STOWED FROM THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS, BOTH PROPELLERS, SUDDEN STOP TO BOTH ENGINES, BOTH LOWER.

Other reports on N5867 · 3

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