20080123835479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 58 · Cahokia/St Lou, IL · January 23, 2008

Date: January 23, 2008 · 10:15 local
Place: Cahokia/St Lou, IL
Airport: St Louis Downtown
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: FPIA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4626A
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI08LA070
Reported as: Beech 58
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,601 total71 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N4626ARegistration cancelled Aug 26, 2014 · Beech 58S/N TH-39 · Built 1970 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot departed cps and was performing a post maintenance check flight on subject aircraft to include several practice approaches at blv. While performing a touch and go at blv, pilot noticed aircraft leaned to the right on touch down. He immediately applied full power and executed a normal takeoff. He returned to cps and requested the ATC tower to visually verify the landing gear was extended. The tower reported that the gear appeared to be fully extended. Pilot stated he then performed an emergency gear extension as a precaution and had a positive gear down and locked indication in the cockpit. He then preceeded to land at cps. On touch down the aircraft leaned to the right and as the aircraft slowed, the right gear collapsed. The aircraft skidded to a stop and the pilot exited the aircraft unharmed. Aircraft substained substantial damage to the right wing tip, aileron , flap and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED CPS AND WAS PERFORMING A POST MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT ON SUBJECT AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE SEVERAL PRACTICE APPROACHES AT BLV. WHILE PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AT BLV, PILOT NOTICED AIRCRAFT LEANED TO THE RIGHT ON TOUCH DOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND EXECUTED A NORMAL TAKEOFF. HE RETURNED TO CPS AND REQUESTED THE ATC TOWER TO VISUALLY VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED. PILOT STATED HE THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AS A PRECAUTION AND HAD A POSITIVE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. HE THEN PRECEEDED TO LAND AT CPS. ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT LEANED TO THE RIGHT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP AND THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED. AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, AILERON , FLAP AND PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI08LA070Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCahokia, ILMaintenance personnel's improper replacement of the landing gear leg brace assembly which subsequently failed to keep the landing gear in the locked position.Jan 23, 2008 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4626A · 2

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

Incident 19990805022509IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Miami, FL(-5)Nose gear collapsed after landing at kopf. Nose gear green lite on through out incident. Retract tube rod end fractured at aft end of rod.Aug 5, 1999 · Minor damage Incident 19950111002429IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Jacksonville, FLNarrative: the BE-58 baron, N4626A, operated by flight express, inc., taxied to the runup area adjacent to taxiway "c". The baron, 4626A, collided with another aircraft, a PA-31-350 already in place in the same runup area causing minor damage to both aircraft.Jan 11, 1995 · Minor damage