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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Bay City, TX · April 28, 2007

Date
April 28, 2007 · 14:30 local
Place
Bay City, TX
Airport
Bay City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44SP
Reported as
Beech E55
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total500 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 04/28/07, during a normal landing sequence to runway 13 at bay cith municipal (byy), N44SP experienced a nose landing gear collapse of unknown causes. After the main landing gear had touched down, and the aircraft rolled out, the pilot felt there was something wrong with the nose landing gear and kept the nose up as long as possible until contact was made with the runway. The aircraft was removed from the runway by ground personnel and placed in a local hangar. On 05/01/07 the aircraft was inspected and found to have the landing gear motor circuit breaker open and the main landing gear doors positioned in a manner showing an incomplete cycle.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 04/28/07, DURING A NORMAL LANDING SEQUENCE TO RUNWAY 13 AT BAY CITH MUNICIPAL (BYY), N44SP EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE OF UNKNOWN CAUSES. AFTER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD TOUCHED DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT, THE PILOT FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND KEPT THE NOSE UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND PLACED IN A LOCAL HANGAR. ON 05/01/07 THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS POSITIONED IN A MANNER SHOWING AN INCOMPLETE CYCLE.