# Accident 20040313007849A: Beech 65A90, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 13, 2004 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 13, 2004, 09:50 local time - Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL - Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: XVQA - Location: 26.1894° N, 80.1708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1894&lon=-80.1708&mi=10 - Aircraft: N11FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11FL-2006-06-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90 - Reported engine: PWA PT6* - People aboard: 7 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 1,600 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA062) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040313007849A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON MARCH 13, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 0450 EASTERN STANDARD TIME AIRCRAFT N11FL, A BEECHCRAFT BE-65-A90, SERIAL NUMBER LJ-301, OPERATED BY EXECSTAR AVIATION, INC. (XVZA) AND PILOTED BY MIGUEL A. GOLD LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL), FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA WITH SIX PASSENGERS ON BOARD. DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE. PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FORT LAUDERDALE TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD AN UNSAFE INDICATION. THE PILOT THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AT LEAST TWO TIMES; BOTH TIMES HE FAILED TO GET A SAFE GEAR ("GREEN") LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE PIC STATED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS DELAYED, BLINKED ON (TWICE) THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT STATED HE REQUESTED AND EXECUTED A FLY-BY OF THE FLL TOWER AND WAS INFORMED BY THEM THAT HIS GEAR "APPEARED DOWN." HE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 13. DURING ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE LEFT WING AND NACELLE REMAINING ON THE RUNWAY. THE PIC STATED EVERYONE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT APPARENT INJURIES. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ACCUMULATED 14892.6 TOTAL HOURS AND 12502 TOTAL CYCLES. REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOW THAT THE LAST INSPECTION THAT WAS PERFORMED WAS A "PHASE 3" ON JANUARY 03, 2004, THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME WAS 14744.3 AND THE TOTAL AIRCRAFT CYCLES WERE 12780. THE "PHASE 3" INSPECTION INCLUDES CHECKING THE ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKETS FOR VISIBLE DAMAGE, WEAR, CRACKS, LOOSE AND MISSING RIVETS AND FOR ACTUATOR INTERNAL LUBRICANT LEAKAGE. THE LAST "END PLAY" CHECK OF THE LEFT GEAR ACTUATOR WAS PERFORMED ON SEPTEMBER 07, 2003, THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL HOURS WERE 14500.9 AND THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL CYCLES WERE AT 12332. OVERHAULED ACTUATORS WERE INSTALLED JUNE 06, 1985, THE TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS WERE 7274.1 AND TOTAL AIRCRAFT CYCLES WERE 7246. THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS WERE NOTED DURING INITIAL ON SCENE AND SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS: THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND RETRACTED UP INTO THE NACELLE, WITH ITS DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY UNLOCKED AND UNDAMAGED, AND THERE WAS NO "STACK" ON THE OVER CENTER SPRING. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TORQUE LINK IS BROKEN AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR GEARBOX ASSEMBLY IS BROKEN OUT OF ITS MOUNT BOX. THE LEFT MAIN GEARBOX DRIVESHAFT WAS OBSERVED TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE UNIVERSAL JOINT AND ITS CONNECTING BOLT MISSING, AT THE INBOARD (DRIVEN) SIDE OF THE GEARBOX. A CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE BOLTHOLES IN THE ALUMINUM DRIVE SHAFT AND UNIVERSAL JOINT CONNECTION, FAILED TO REVEAL EVIDENCE OF SHEAR DAMAGE THROUGH IT, BUT IT DOES SHOW EVIDENCE THAT A BOLT AND NUT HAD BEEN INSTALLED. AN INSPECTION OF AREAS IN THE WHEEL WELL, FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF THE MISSING BOLT/NUT ASSEMBLY. THE ALUMINUM DRIVESHAFT WAS SLIGHTLY BENT SOMEWHERE INBOARD OF THE WHEEL WELL. EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURED LEFT GEAR ACTUATOR SUPPORT "BOX" STRUCTURE BRACKETS A CRACK THAT CIRCUMSCRIBES THE LOWER "HY-LOCK" HOLE OF THE OUTBOARD BRACKET, ALL OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE TIME OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE. THE NUT-PLATES DO NOT PROPERLY GRIP/ENGAGE THE BOLT THREADS AS SEVERAL BOLTS COULD BE THREADED THROUGH THE NUT-PLATE BY HAND. THE LEFT AILERON, ADJACENT WING SKIN TO 18" FORWARD OF THE TRAILING EDGE AND THE OUTBOARD TIP OF LEFT FLAP EXHIBITED HEAVY SCRAPING FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE TOP OUTBOARD FOUR (4) FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS WRINKLED, EXHIBITING DEEP CREASES AND FOLDS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COMPRESSION FAILURE. THE LEFT WING REAR SPAR WAS DAMAGED FROM 2 TO 4 FEET FROM THE WING TIP. APPROXIMATELY TWELVE (12) INCHES OF ALL THREE BLADES OF THE LEFT PROPELLER WERE CURLED AND GROUND THROUGH, FROM IMPACT ROTATIONAL DAMAGE, FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. THE NACELLE AREA, AFT OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IS CRUSHED AND ERODED THROUGH, DUE TO SCRAPING ON THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE JAMMED CLOSED. THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLIES WERE INSPECTED AND THEY APPEARED TO BE INTACT, FULLY DOWN & LOCKED AND WITHOUT OBSERVABLE DAMAGE. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND EXTENDED AND COULD NOT BE ACTUATED FROM THAT POSITION. THE "NUT" PORTION OF THE ACTUATOR IS BENT. THE ACTUATOR BODY WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE RING & PINION GEARS WERE FOUND WITHOUT ANY TEETH CHIPPED OR BROKEN AND WERE NOT THE CAUSE OF THE ACTUATOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE ACTUATED. THIS ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. ## 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 MIA04LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA062), Mar 13, 2004: Beech BE90 (N11FL), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate inspection of the landing gear system by company maintenance personnel resulting in a crack in the left main landing actuator mount going undetected and collapse of the left landing… 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. 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