# Incident 20050614011059I: Beech E18S, Vacaville, CA, June 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2005
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5867, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5867) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,250 total, 780 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050614011059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE AND FOUR PASSENGERS DEPARTED CAMARILLO CA (CMA) AT 10:00 AM FOR A FLIGHT TO VACAVILLE CA (VCB). ON ARRIVAL HE SELECTED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION BUT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. HE THEN ATTEMPTED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM BUT IT WAS JAMMED (IT IS A HAND CRANK SYSTEM). HE THEN PERFORMED SOME YAWING MANEUVERS TO JAR THE GEAR LOOSE. THIS WORKED AND THE GEAR FREE FELL DOWN BUT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A GEAR SAFE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT LANDED AND DURING ROLL-OUT THE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING AT ABOUT 5KTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE FOUR PASSENGERS ON THE AIRCRAFT NOR WAS THERE ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINOR, ONE PROPELLER BLADE, COWLING, SOME BELLY SKIN DAMAGE AND THE LOWER CYLINDERS ON BOTH ENGINES AS WELL AS THE GEAR EXTENSION UPPER SPROCKET ON THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N5867 (3)

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

- [Incident 20020811024999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811024999I), Aug 11, 2002: Beech E18S (N5867), Vacaville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed about 9:00 pm from Nut Tree Airport and proceeded once around the field and approached for normal landing, according to the pilot.…
- [Incident 19950902036819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950902036819I), Sep 2, 1995: Beech E18S (N5867), Grove City, PA. Two jumpers collided after chutes deployed. One received concussion and landed in trees. Removed to hospital.
- [Accident 19940816021589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940816021589A), Aug 16, 1994: Beech E18S (N5867), Alliance, OH, Substantial damage. Landed gear up.

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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