# Accident 20020904026549A: Beech C24R, Orangeburg, SC, September 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2002, 09:10 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1833° N, 81.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1833&lon=-81.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6698D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6698D-2004-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904026549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC REPORTED SMOKE/FUMES IN COCKPIT. PIC NOTED LANDING GEAR NOT LOCKED WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. PIC SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS WAS MINIMAL, THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH AN OAK TREE. POST CRASH EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS OPEN.

## 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 MIA02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA166), Sep 4, 2002: Beech C24R (N6698D), Olar, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to execute the proper remedial action for hydraulic leak fumes in the cockpit, and his decision to perform an immediate precautionary landing to a vacant field, resulting in…

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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