# Accident 20080123835479A: Beech 58, Cahokia/St Lou, IL, January 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Cahokia/St Lou, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 38.5706° N, 90.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5706&lon=-90.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4626A-2014-08-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,601 total, 71 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080123835479A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI08LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA070), Jan 23, 2008: Beech 58 (N4626A), Cahokia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel's improper replacement of the landing gear leg brace assembly which subsequently failed to keep the landing gear in the locked position.

## Other reports on N4626A (2)

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

- [Incident 19990805022509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990805022509I), Aug 5, 1999: Beech 58 (N4626A), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-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.
- [Incident 19950111002429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950111002429I), Jan 11, 1995: Beech 58 (N4626A), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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