# Incident 20050422006279I: Beech 100BEECH, Daytona Beach, FL, April 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2005, 08:47 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VNWA
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N431R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 100 (registry code 1152916, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 1,500 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/20050422006279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PILOT OF N431R, A BEECHCRAFT KING AIR 100 OPERATED BY VINTAGE PROP & JETS, NOTICED AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE GEAR HANDLE. ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR AND OBSERVED THE RIGHT GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOT OBSERVED OUT OF WINDOW THAT RIGHT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PILOT CONTACTED COMPANY FOR GUIDANCE FROM MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND WAS ADVISED TO EXTEND MANUALLY, TO NO AVAIL. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH APPROACH CONTROL AND SET UP FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 34. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTING TO KEEP MOST OF THE WEIGHT ON THE LEFT GEAR. LEFT GEAR EVENTUALLY COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 5000 FEET. NO FIRE WAS EXPERIENCED AND CREW AND PASSENGERS EXITED SAFELY. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A BELLY BAGGAGE POD INSTALLED. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM REVEALED AN INTERNALLY FAILED RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR UNIVERSAL JOINT, WHICH MADE NORMAL OR EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE GEAR IMPOSSIBLE.

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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