# Incident 20070331004389I: Beech E55, Key West, FL, March 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2007, 10:39 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25612, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,227 total, 1,220 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07IA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070331004389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 31, 2007 A BARON OWNED AND OPERATED BY BARON FLYERS INC., LANDED AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA (EYW). UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN OF MAINS WENAT AS NORMAL WIHT GREE GEAR INDICACTIONS DURING BOTH APPROACH CHEDKS. HOWEVER ONCE THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN IT CONTINUED TO FALL. AT THIS POINT HE PULLED BACK ON CONTROL WHEEL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES; HOWEVER, THE NOSE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT RELEASED THE BRAKES, USING RUDDER TO GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT, BROUGHT AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, TURNED OFF FUEL SELECTOR AND MAIN ELECTRICAL. THE PILOT INITIATED EVACUATION WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT HEATER WAS DAMAGED, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS RECEIVED DAMAGE, AND THE RADOME WAS DAMAGED WITH HOLES THROUGH THE MATERIAL. HOWEVER THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE WAS THE NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE BROKE AND BOTH PROPELLERS WERE CURLED BACK. THE AIRCRAFT TOWED BACK TO ISLAND CITY FBO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.

## 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 MIA07IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07IA080), Mar 31, 2007: Beech E-55 (N25612), Key West, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Failure of the nose landing gear drag brace due to overload during landing rollout for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the airplane had not been modified with an improved nose…

## Other reports on N25612 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760904029459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760904029459A), Sep 4, 1976: Beech E55 (N25612), Tremonton, UT, Substantial damage. Reason for gear retracting undetermined. Pos ind showed down & locked.

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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