# Incident 20040401010669I: Beech 58, Farmington, NM, April 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3149P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3149P-2022-03-30) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,519 total, 285 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040401010669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 1, 2004, AT 1800 MST, A BEECH BARON, N3149P, REGISTERED TO MESA PILOT DEVELOPMENT, LANDED WITH A LEFT MAIN GEAR COMPONENT FAILURE AT FOUR CORNERS RGNL AIRPORT, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FOUR CORNERS RGNL AIRPORT APRIL 1, 2004 AT 1730 MST.

## Other reports on N3149P (2)

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

- [Incident 19920722036059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920722036059I), Jul 22, 1992: Beech 58 (N3149P), Goodyear, AZ. Fuel running down left engine nacelle in flight. Shut engine down. Landed without incident.
- [Incident 19910117003179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910117003179I), Jan 17, 1991: Beech 58 (N3149P), Buckeye, AZ, Minor damage. Student requested instructor to retract gear on takeoff but aircraft still on runway.

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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