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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A60 · Las Cruces, NM · April 6, 2004

Date: April 6, 2004 · 14:15 local
Place: Las Cruces, NM
Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N62V
Reported as: Beech A60
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,200 total1 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N62VRegistered now · Beech 65-A90-1S/N LM-74 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBeech 65-A90-1 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20Turbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) On April 6, 2004, at approximately 1415 MDT, N62V, a Beechcraft duke, BE-60-A60, departed Las Cruces International Airport, Las Cruces, new Mexico (lru) enroute to deming, new Mexico (dmn). The pilot-in-command reports that on approach to dmn that he did not get a green light on the nose gear when he extended the gear for landing. Pilot re-cycled the gear and nothing changed. The pilot flew a low pass at dmn and was told that the nose gear was not extended correctly. Pilot returned to lru for landing due to better emergency facilities. The aircraft landed on runway 26 at lru and when the nose gear contacted the runway it collapsed and the aircraft skidded down the runway. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose gear, nose of the aircraft and both propellers. The pilot-in-command was the sole occupant aboard and received no injuries. The pilot received a weather briefing, was not on a flight plan and VMC conditions prevailed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 6, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 MDT, N62V, A BEECHCRAFT DUKE, BE-60-A60, DEPARTED LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (LRU) ENROUTE TO DEMING, NEW MEXICO (DMN). THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND REPORTS THAT ON APPROACH TO DMN THAT HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR WHEN HE EXTENDED THE GEAR FOR LANDING. PILOT RE-CYCLED THE GEAR AND NOTHING CHANGED. THE PILOT FLEW A LOW PASS AT DMN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED CORRECTLY. PILOT RETURNED TO LRU FOR LANDING DUE TO BETTER EMERGENCY FACILITIES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 AT LRU AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IT COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH PROPELLERS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING, WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN AND VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.