# Incident 20040604025379I: Beech A45, Rockford, IL, June 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2004, 14:15 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5268, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5268) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A45 (registry code 1152006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040604025379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LEFT ROSTRAUER, PA WHERE SPAR AD AND ANNUAL WAS PERFORMED. LANDED IN LIMA, OH, PILOT HEARD A MECHANICAL SOUND WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE THEN DEPARTED FOR POPLAR GROVE, IL. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR, BUT HE COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN DOWN AND LOCKED. HE THEN DIVERETED TO ROCKFORD, IL WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. HE LANDED, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND DOING DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP, GEAR DOOR AND FLAP. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N5268 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010628016259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010628016259I), Jun 28, 2001: Beech A45 (N5268), Mankato, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landing runway 15 forgot to put aircraft landing gear down and slid aircraft in on aircraft belly.

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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