# Incident 20030903024649I: Beech 58, La Verne, CA, September 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2003, 11:12 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N584MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N584MW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030903024649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/03/03 BEECH N584MW, DEPARTED BRACKETT AIRPORT. DURING APPROACH INTO PORTERVILLE AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTICED ONLY TWO GREEN MAIN GEAR LIGHTS AND A RED UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE RECYCLED THE GEAR, BUT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT STILL DID NOT COME ON. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE REQUESTED A FLYBY. THE PORTERVILLE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT STATED THAT SINCE HIS MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED ON THE BRACKETT AIRPORT, THAT HE WOULD MAKE HIS TWO WHEEL LANDING THERE. FOLLOWING THE NOSE UP LANDING, MAINTENANCE RAISED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR CONTROL ARM (P/N 35-825174) WAS BROKEN. ON 9/04/03, INSPECTORS FROM THE LAX FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE BRACKETT AIRPORT. ALSO, THE FAILED PART WAS EXAMINED. FOLLOWING A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, A SDR WILL BE SENT TO THE FAA.

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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