# Incident 20100910049919I: Beech 58TC, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2010, 16:28 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2098° N, 87.5692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuscaloosa, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2098&lon=-87.5692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112GM-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 850 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100910049919I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS AN IFR FLIGHT FROM ATLANTA, GA TO TUSCALOSSA, AL (TCL).  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING SEQUENCED IN FRONT OF A CESSNA CITATION.  THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR  A VISUAL APPROACH.  WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT APPEARED TO BE IN CLOSE AND HIGH FOR THE APPROACH.  THE PILOT STATED HE CALLED THREE MILES OUT WITH THE GEAR DOWN.  THE PILOT FURTHER STATED HE HAD THREE GREEN AND FULL FLAPS FOR LANDING.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND AS HE ROLLED OUT THE GEAR COLLAPSED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS.  THE FLAPS WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE FULL UP POSITION.  THE FLAP SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE APPROACH POSITON.  THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.  DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR IS CONSISTENT WITH A LANDING MADE WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N112GM (1)

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

- [Incident 20200303001619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200303001619I), Mar 3, 2020: Beech 58TC (N112GM), Dothan, AL, Minor damage. After take off from 0J6, PIC heard a loud "pop" when retracting the landing gear. Gear indicator light identified an unsafe gear. PIC then put the gear down…

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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