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FAA incident report · Beech B50 · Osceola, AR · December 4, 2009

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Date
December 4, 2009 · 09:00 local
Place
Osceola, AR
Airport
Osceola Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N633F
Reported as
Beech B50
Reported engine
Lycoming
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,035 total10 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days
N633FRegistered now · Beech B50S/N CH-70 · Built 1954Airframe modelBeech B50Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot departed Osceola, AR 12-04-09 enroute to covington, TN. During landing approach when selecting gear down, landing gear malfunctioned. Followed aircraft flight manual instructions to manually lower landing gear. Indication of gear down was evidenced by the marking on the gear position indicator on the floor. Accomplished fly-by at covington, TN airport with witnesses on the ground who verified both verbally and visually the landing gear was extended. Returned to Osceola, AR with gear extended, and made a normal landing at the Osceola, AR airport. The main gear held fine, but after lowering the nose gently to the ground it collapsed, then both main gear collapsed damaging both propellers along with slight damage to the underside of the aircraft. No injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED OSCEOLA, AR 12-04-09 ENROUTE TO COVINGTON, TN. DURING LANDING APPROACH WHEN SELECTING GEAR DOWN, LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTIONED. FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MANUALLY LOWER LANDING GEAR. INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN WAS EVIDENCED BY THE MARKING ON THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ON THE FLOOR. ACCOMPLISHED FLY-BY AT COVINGTON, TN AIRPORT WITH WITNESSES ON THE GROUND WHO VERIFIED BOTH VERBALLY AND VISUALLY THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. RETURNED TO OSCEOLA, AR WITH GEAR EXTENDED, AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT THE OSCEOLA, AR AIRPORT. THE MAIN GEAR HELD FINE, BUT AFTER LOWERING THE NOSE GENTLY TO THE GROUND IT COLLAPSED, THEN BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLERS ALONG WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.