# Incident 20021027035169I: Beech E55, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1532° N, 94.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOPLIN RGNL (JLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1532&lon=-94.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N341U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,416 total, 828 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021027035169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PHILLIP WAYNE HINES WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND OWNER OF N341U AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 27, 2002, AT JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT, JOPLIN, MISSOURI. MR. HINES STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED 2 GUMP CHECKS, ONE AT 4 MILES AND THE OTHER AT 2 MILES OUT. MR. HINES STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL GEAR WARNINGS. MR. HINES FURTHER STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION BY AN A & P LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT DID NOT REVEAL ANY ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY, POSITION INDICATORS AND SQUAT SWITCH OPERATED NORMALLY. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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