# Incident 20111121027309I: Beech 60, Brookshire, TX, November 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2011, 19:15 local time
- Place: Brookshire, TX
- Airport: Houston Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8050° N, 95.8979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON EXEC (TME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8050&lon=-95.8979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523AA-2013-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 60 (registry code 1153602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111121027309I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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