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FAA incident report · Beech 60 · Brookshire, TX · November 21, 2011

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Date
November 21, 2011 · 19:15 local
Place
Brookshire, TX
Airport
Houston Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N523AA
Reported as
Beech 60
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-541 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
N523AARegistration cancelled Sep 19, 2013 · Beech 60S/N P-31 · Built 1968Airframe modelBeech 60Engine modelLycoming TI0-541 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was attempting a landing downwind on runway 36, at ktme. Aircraft hit hard on nose gear. The nose gear strut broke and aircraft slid down the runway. Aircraft came to stop off edge of runway 36. Witnesses reported seeing pilot exiting the aircraft and running away. Inspection of aircraft revealed a unknown quantity of drugs onboard. Police still searching for pilot. During investigation of aircraft N523AA at Houston Executive Airport (tme) found that the aircraft had damage to the nose of aircraft due to sliding on runway. The nose gear was missing lower portion of strut, including the nose tire, and fork assy. Tire marks on belly of aircraft indicated that the nose wheel assembly hit the bottom of the aircraft twice. Upper portion of strut was ground down due to sliding on runway. Both propellers were heavily damaged, showing rotational damage. The damage done to the propellers exhibited that both engines were making power when contact to runway was made. According to witnesses the night of the incident, the aircraft was landing down wind on runway 36.investigation of the runway showed hard contact with the nose wheel on the center stripe for approximately 4 feet. The aircraft then made contact again 25 feet further down. At that area a large puddle of hydraulic fluid was found on the runway, with a deep gouge in the runway. Deep rotational prop marks were found on both sides of gouge, these marks continued for 2000 feet down runway, till the aircraft slide of the right side of runway 36. Prop marks were found the entire way, till aircraft left the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 36, AT KTME. AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BROKE AND AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY 36. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING PILOT EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AND RUNNING AWAY. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED A UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF DRUGS ONBOARD. POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR PILOT. DURING INVESTIGATION OF AIRCRAFT N523AA AT HOUSTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TME) FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO SLIDING ON RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR WAS MISSING LOWER PORTION OF STRUT, INCLUDING THE NOSE TIRE, AND FORK ASSY. TIRE MARKS ON BELLY OF AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT TWICE. UPPER PORTION OF STRUT WAS GROUND DOWN DUE TO SLIDING ON RUNWAY. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED, SHOWING ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE PROPELLERS EXHIBITED THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE MAKING POWER WHEN CONTACT TO RUNWAY WAS MADE. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING DOWN WIND ON RUNWAY 36.INVESTIGATION OF THE RUNWAY SHOWED HARD CONTACT WITH THE NOSE WHEEL ON THE CENTER STRIPE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT THEN MADE CONTACT AGAIN 25 FEET FURTHER DOWN. AT THAT AREA A LARGE PUDDLE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY, WITH A DEEP GOUGE IN THE RUNWAY. DEEP ROTATIONAL PROP MARKS WERE FOUND ON BOTH SIDES OF GOUGE, THESE MARKS CONTINUED FOR 2000 FEET DOWN RUNWAY, TILL THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 36. PROP MARKS WERE FOUND THE ENTIRE WAY, TILL AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY.