20120127001479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Dothan, AL · January 27, 2012

Date: January 27, 2012 · 12:10 local
Place: Dothan, AL
Airport: Dothan Regional
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N580CT
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total120 in this make and model76 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While on approach to dhn, the pilot stated he selected to extend the landing gear. The main gear extended, but the nose gear did not. The pilot left the pattern and completed the emergency checklist. The pilot stated he was unable to get the nose gear down and locked, so he executed the landing with only the main gear down and locked. The aircraft slid to a stop and pilot egressed with no injuries. Damage to aircraft was minimal. Maintenance personnel from dhn examined the nose gear and found the nose gear actuator broken in half. This failed component would not allow the extension and locking of the nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON APPROACH TO DHN, THE PILOT STATED HE SELECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT. THE PILOT LEFT THE PATTERN AND COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, SO HE EXECUTED THE LANDING WITH ONLY THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP AND PILOT EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM DHN EXAMINED THE NOSE GEAR AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR BROKEN IN HALF. THIS FAILED COMPONENT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE EXTENSION AND LOCKING OF THE NOSE GEAR.