# Incident 20040406010809I: Beech A60, Las Cruces, NM, April 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2004, 14:15 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90-1 (registry code 1152901, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 (registry code 52239, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 1 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040406010809I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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