# Accident 20050523008609A: Beech 58, Gulfport, MS, May 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2005, 20:29 local time
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Airport: Gulfport-Biloxi Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4044° N, 89.0686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4044&lon=-89.0686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6654Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6654Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050523008609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER HIS LANDING ROLL, HOWEVER, THE INNER LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AND THE OUTER GEAR DOORS WERE NOT. THIS INDICATES THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED VERY NEAR THE GROUND SURFACE ATTESTING TO THE FACT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED SECONDS BEFORE THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA108), May 24, 2005: Beech 58 (N6654Y), Gulfport, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate maintenance inspection by maintenance personnel which resulted in damaged landing gear pulleys, resulting in the failure of the landing gear downlock to engage, and collapse of the…

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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