# Incident 20020829024749I: Beech 1900D, Tampa, FL, August 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2002, 17:45 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GUUA
- Location: 27.9811° N, 82.5331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9811&lon=-82.5331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81533 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829024749I

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 29, 2002, AT 1730 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 1900B, REGISTERED TO GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL AVIATION AND OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL CONNECTION EXPERIENCED A MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILURE DURING LANDING ROLL AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAMPA. THE SCHEDULED FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 121 WITH AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE; THE AIR TRANSPORT PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED NOR WERE THE THIRTEEN PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AT 1445. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED TO 40 KNOTS DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT HE FELT A VIBRATION IN THE AIRFRAME. AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. THE FLIGHT CREW STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY. WHEN DURING THE POST-FLIGHT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. THE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED A FRACTURE IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SOCKET.                                                                                (-23) ON AUGUST 29, 2002, AT 17:45, A BE-1900D, N81533, OPERATED BY GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL, FLIGHT 9451, LEFT MAIN WHEELS TURNED 90 DEGREES DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT TAMPA AIRPORT. THE 13 PASSENGERS AND TWO CREW WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE EVACUATION ON THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL OPERATION WERE PREVAILING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER A FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE ASSIGNED NUMBER GFT9451. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, ON AUGUST 29, 2002, AT 1630 HOURS.

## 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 ATL02IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02IA165), Aug 29, 2002: Beech 1900D (N81533), Tampa, FL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The improper service of the left main landing gear socket, resulting in fatigue failure of the left main landing gear socket assembly at the lower scissor attachment point.

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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