20090423005279A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Beech 58P · Houston, TX · April 23, 2009

Date
April 23, 2009 · 14:42 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N833TX
Reported as
Beech 58P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,103 total508 in this make and model58 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) Aircraft landed with l/h main gear up on runway 17 from northwest to the southeast into a prevaling south wind. Distance from touch down to complete stop was approximately 900 feet. The left wid tip and flap impaced the runay at approximately 825 feet after touch down and came to rest after veering to the left to the edge of the runway. Left wing tip was in the grass. One pilot and passenger were on board. No injuries. Pilot stated he shut down both engines and feathered the props upon landing. There was damage to the l/h engine props, minor scrapping to the l/h wing tip and damage on l/h flap due to scraping on runway. The lt landing gear toruqe tube had broken for unknown reasons. When the aircraft was jacked and gear released it fell down freely.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH L/H MAIN GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 17 FROM NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO A PREVALING SOUTH WIND. DISTANCE FROM TOUCH DOWN TO COMPLETE STOP WAS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET. THE LEFT WID TIP AND FLAP IMPACED THE RUNAY AT APPROXIMATELY 825 FEET AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND CAME TO REST AFTER VEERING TO THE LEFT TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. LEFT WING TIP WAS IN THE GRASS. ONE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES. PILOT STATED HE SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES AND FEATHERED THE PROPS UPON LANDING. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE L/H ENGINE PROPS, MINOR SCRAPPING TO THE L/H WING TIP AND DAMAGE ON L/H FLAP DUE TO SCRAPING ON RUNWAY. THE LT LANDING GEAR TORUQE TUBE HAD BROKEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND GEAR RELEASED IT FELL DOWN FREELY.