# Incident 20051206032679I: Beech 200BEECH, Knoxville, TN, December 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2005, 07:47 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AHDA
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N561SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (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 200BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051206032679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON APPROACH TO KNOXVILLE, TN THE BEECHCRAFT 200, OPERATING UNDER FAR 135, LANDING GEAR INDICATOR (LIGHTS) INDICATED THAT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT CHECKED LIGHTS AND PROCEEDED WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR UNSAFE GEAR WARNING. THIS INCLUDED A FLY BY THE TOWER AND MANUAL EXTENSION. NEITHER OF THESE RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM. AFTER "ANOTHER" FLY BY THE PILOTS CIRCLED AND SET THE AIRCRAFT UP FOR LANDING. ONCE THE RUNWAY WAS MADE PROPELLERS WERE FEATHERED AND TOUCHDOWN COMPLETED. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE OFF CENTER LINE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED DURING THE EVACUATION. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT TAPERED PIN IN TORQUE TUBE HAD FALLEN OUT AND FROM ALL EVIDENCE THE NUT ON THE END OF THE PIN WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, A SECOND TAPERED PIN WAS FOUND LYING IN THE WING ALONG WITH A CIRCULAR CUT WHERE A CLAMP WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE TORQUE TUBE. THIS WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY CAUSED GEAR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N561SS (3)

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

- [Incident 20181008016759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181008016759I), Oct 8, 2018: Beech 200 (N561SS), Burlington, WA, Minor damage. On the approach to runway 11 at kbvs, the pilot extended the landing gear prior to landing and noticed the nose gear down and lock indicator light was not…
- [Incident 20001016017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001016017449I), Oct 16, 2000: Beech 200BEECH (N561SS), Johnstown, PA. (-23)On October 16, 2000, a Beech 200-200, us registration N561SS, made a precautionary landing on runway 15 at the Johnstown airport, Johnstown, PA., after a…
- [Incident 19970223010409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970223010409I), Feb 23, 1997: Beech 200BEECH (N561SS), Lincoln, NE. Narrative: on February 23, 1997, approximately 1340 CST, a Beechcraft king air N561SS registered to general manufactured housing, inc., of waycross, Georgia…

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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