# Incident 20060504006869I: Beech 58, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2006, 23:53 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6745M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6745M) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,214 total, 150 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504006869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ STATED THAT ON TAKE OFF ROLL, AT ROTATION SPEED THE CREW ENTRY DOOR OPENED. HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND HE AND THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. HE DECIDED TO CLEAR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND ANGLED OFF ONTO THE TAXIWAY ENTRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED FACING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ TRIED AGAIN TO CLOSE THE CREW ENTRY DOOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DID NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND WHILE HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE DOOR PROBLEM HIS FEET EASED UP ON THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY ROLLED FORWARD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DID NOT FEEL THE AIRCRAFT MOVING AND IT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AFTER STRIKING THE RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N6745M (2)

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

- [Incident 20010113000599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010113000599I), Jan 13, 2001: Beech 58 (N6745M), Tuscaloosa, AL, Minor damage. (-23)First landing being accomplished after returning to service from avionic autopilot repair. After landing roll gear collapsed. Minor damage to underside of…
- [Accident 19810513026709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810513026709A), May 13, 1981: Beech 58 (N6745M), Benton, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear instead of flaps dring landing roll.

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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