# Incident 20040712019059I: Beech C90, Montgomery, AL, July 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2004, 12:15 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Dannelly Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3668° N, 86.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montgomery, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3668&lon=-86.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305TT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040712019059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2004 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT, N305TT, A KING AIR C90 WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 NOTICED THEY HAD AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE TOWER WAS ADVISED OF THE PROBLEM AND THE PILOT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO FLY BY THE TOWER SO THEY COULD OBSERVE THE LANDING GEAR CONDITION. THE TOWER ADVISED THEM THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED NOT TO BE FULLY DEPLOYED. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT REQUESTED TO GO SOUTH OF THE FIELD AND PERFORM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND WAS CLEARED TO DO SO. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS RECYCLED TWICE WITH NO RESULTS AND THEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN MANUALLY. THE UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION STILL EXISTED. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT REQUESTED TO GO SOUTH OF THE FIELD AND REVIEW ONE MORE TIME HIS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. AFTER THIS LAST ATTEMPT THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE MAINS THE PILOT HELD THE NOSE OFF AS LONG AS HE COULD. AS THE NOSE LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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