# Incident 20100919048429I: Beech B24R, September 19, 2010 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 19, 2010, 13:10 local time - Airport: Marion - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Aircraft: N9199S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9199S-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B24R - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100919048429I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON APRIL 6, 2010, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT, RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR BEING BROKEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON JULY 20, 2010. SINCE THE REBUILD OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE APRIL 6TH INCIDENT, THIS AIRCRAFT HAS EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT BUT NAGGING GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT IN THE UP POSITION. PRIOR MAINTENANCE INCLUDED SENDING THE HYDRAULIC POWERPACK OUT FOR OVERHAUL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN FLOWN, YET THE ISSUE REMAINED. A BEECHCRAFT DEALER ADVISED MUNCIE AVIATION TO BLEED THE SYSTEM, WHICH THEY DID. THEY INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN READY TO FLY.ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2010, THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FLEW FROM MUNCIE (MIE) AIRPORT TO MARION (MZZ) AIRPORT TO PREPARE FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE. THE FIRST LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND WAS CONVERTED TO A "TOUCH AND GO." THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO STAY IN THE PATTERN, AND PRACTICE SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. ON CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT IN TRANSIT LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT, AND BLINKED. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED, "I CYCLED THE GEAR AT MIDFIELD, AND THEY EXTENDED, LOCKED AND I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT." THIS WAS COMPLETED FOUR TIMES. ON THE FOURTH TIME IN THE PATTERN, THE STUDENT STATED HE AGAIN LOWERED THE GEAR AT MIDFIELD, LOWERED THE FLAPS, AND ON FINAL STATED, "THREE GREEN, FULL FLAPS," TO THE CFI. HE STATED THAT HE "CUT POWER JUST BEFORE REACHING THE NUMBERS ON 04 AND GLIDED INTO THE LANDING." HE FELT A DROP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE ON TOUCHDOWN, FOLLOWED BY A DROP ON THE LEFT. HE HEARD A BUZZER HE THOUGHT TO BE THE STALL HORN.THE FIRST DISCERNABLE MARKINGS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE MAIN GEAR WERE COLLAPSING AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT. THE NOSE GEAR ON THIS AIRCRAFT RETRACTS AFT, ROTATING 90 DEGREES AS IT RETRACTS. THE NOSE TIRE NOR STRUT DEMONSTRATE ANY SIGNS OF CONTACTING THE PAVEMENT, OTHER THAN IN THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. ## Other reports on N9199S (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20210513008909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210513008909A), May 13, 2021: Beech B24R (N9199S), New Lenox, IL, Substantial damage. When: 05/13/2021 16:18Z Where: New Lenox, IL, interstate I-355 southbound center median near the route 6 off ramp. A private pilot was operating a Beechcraft… - [Incident 20100406032729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100406032729I), Apr 6, 2010: Beech B24R (N9199S), Muncie, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot had nose gear break off during landing. Student pilot had received permission from his CFI to do pattern work at Delaware county - johnson… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.