# Incident 20030517010629I: Beech C24R, Paris, ID, May 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Paris, ID
- Airport: Bear Lake County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2498° N, 111.3416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAR LAKE COUNTY (1U7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2498&lon=-111.3416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18942, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18942-2008-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030517010629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM CA TO IA, STOPPED AT BEAR LAKE CO. AIRPORT (1U7) FOR FUEL AND LUNCH. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 MDT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 1U7, AFTER TAKEOFF INITIATED GEAR RETRACTION, NOTHING HAPPENED, GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS REMAINED 3 IN-THE-GREEN. SEVERAL MORE GEAR RETRACTION SEQUENCES WERE INITIATED WITH SAME RESULT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE COULD NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR PUMP WORKING, STILL HAVING A GEAR INDICATION OF 3 IN-THE-GREEN HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO 1U7 AND DO A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP. THERE WERE THREE ON BOARD NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N18942 (3)

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

- [Accident 20041021027659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041021027659A), Oct 21, 2004: Beech C24R (N18942), Asti, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed healdsburg CA airport direct to little river CA airport (O48). Pilot and passenger witnessed that left hand fuel tank was selected. Engine…
- [Incident 19940725045439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940725045439I), Jul 25, 1994: Beech C24R (N18942), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised landing. Nose gear separated. Stopped nose down on runway.
- [Accident 19921219050919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921219050919A), Dec 19, 1992: Beech C24R (N18942), Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Ran a tank dry on final. Unable restart. Landed on golf course. Check out and IFR dual flight.

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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