# Accident 20120424007039A: Beech 58, Sioux Falls, SD, April 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2012, 16:04 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5819° N, 96.7419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5819&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8121R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8121R-2018-01-29) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120424007039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIVERTED FROM Y14 AIRPORT TEA SD TO FSD SIOUX FALLS, SD WHEN HE HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION IN A BE-58 AIRCRAFT N8121R. HE COULD NOT FULLY RAISE OR LOWER THE GEAR AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RWY 33 AT FSD.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.5-9-2012 THE NTSB DETERMINED THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT DUE TO KEEL DAMAGE FROM SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.  INCIDENT CHANGED TO ACCIDENT PER MITCH GALLO AND WILL TAKE A MAJOR REPAIR TO REPLACE OR FIX THE AIRCRAFT UNDER BELLY KEELS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA283), Apr 24, 2012: Beech 58 (N8121R), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the normal and emergency landing gear system to fully retract or extend the landing gear for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examinations, which resulted in a…

## Other reports on N8121R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840221011959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840221011959I), Feb 21, 1984: Beech 58 (N8121R), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Pilot reported he was preoccupied on approach and landed with the gear up.

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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