# Incident 20120223004039I: Beech 58, Bessemer, AL, February 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6617N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6617N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120223004039I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL TIME, N6617N, A BE-58, DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT KEKY (BESSEMER AIRPORT) AFTER LANDING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, N6617N MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE BESSEMER AIRPORT; HOWEVER, AS HE WAS LANDING THE BEECH BARON ON RUNWAY 23 AT KEKY, HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE FELT "FLAT". SHORTLY THEREAFTER LANDING ROLLOUT, N6617N DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE APPEARED TO BE FLAT; ALSO, THE RIGHT MAIN PROPELLER BLADE TIPS APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN; HE ALSO STATED THAT HIS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT.

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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