# Incident 20020811024999I: Beech E18S, Vacaville, CA, August 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2002, 21:28 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5867, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5867) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811024999I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20050614011059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050614011059I), Jun 14, 2005: Beech E18S (N5867), Vacaville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he and four passengers departed camarillo CA (cma) at 10:00 am for a flight to Vacaville CA (vcb). On arrival he selected landing gear…
- [Incident 19950902036819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950902036819I), Sep 2, 1995: Beech E18S (N5867), Grove City, PA. Two jumpers collided after chutes deployed. One received concussion and landed in trees. Removed to hospital.
- [Accident 19940816021589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940816021589A), Aug 16, 1994: Beech E18S (N5867), Alliance, OH, Substantial damage. Landed gear up.

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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