# Incident 20031006031659I: Beech D55, Sussex, NJ, October 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N564DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N564DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,225 total, 165 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/20031006031659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT SUSSEX, NJ (FWN). THE WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STILL BE AIRBORNE, AND MOVING VERY FAST AT MIDFIELD OF THE 3,500 FOOT RUNWAY WITH A LIGHT QUARTERING RIGHT TAILWIND. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE FAILED AFTER LEAVING AN APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FOOT SKID MARK ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND DESTROYED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THE RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED MOMENTARILY BUT AN FAA OPERATIONS AND AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR AS WELL AS A LOCAL A&P/IA WERE ON THE SCENE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF BRAKE MALFUNCTION. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES, NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN A BLOWN MAIN GEAR TIRE.

## Other reports on N564DL (2)

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

- [Incident 20171119019269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171119019269I), Nov 19, 2017: Beech D55 (N564DL), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. The landing gear when selected down did not completely go down. Subsequent manual gear deployment failed as well. Aircraft landed gear up in Daytona Beach…
- [Incident 20000305004189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000305004189I), Mar 5, 2000: Beech D55 (N564DL), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. At 2125Z, forty five mintues prior to time and place of emergency landing, pilot in command attempted to extend landing gear during a practice slow 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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