# Incident 20080516833619I: Beech 65A80, Midland, TX, May 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2008, 23:57 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WX5A
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6AQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6AQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A80-8800 (registry code 1152810, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80-8800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A80
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO540A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080516833619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2008, AT 2357 CDT, THE PILOT OF N6AQ, A MODEL 65 BEECHCRAFT QUEEN AIR, WAS MANEUVERING NEAR MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MAF) WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 10. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AND THE PILOT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, LOWER SIDE OF THE FORWARD BULKHEAD, AND LOWER RADOME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER. INVESTIGATION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOUND NO MOVEMENT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXERCISED ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE PINION GEAR INPUT SPLINES OR ACTUATOR INTERNAL PINION GEARS IS SUSPECTED.

## Other reports on N6AQ (2)

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

- [Accident 20080717841149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080717841149A), Jul 17, 2008: Beech 65A80 (N6AQ), Midland, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 17, 2008, at approximately 0921 CDT, N6AQ, a 1964 Beechcraft queen air, BE-65-A80-8800, operated by western air express, inc. (WX5A), landed on…
- [Incident 19861120077919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861120077919I), Nov 20, 1986: Beech 65A80 (N6AQ), Midland, TX. Engine shutdown due to roughness, landed safely. Found broken intake valve.

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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