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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Greenville, SC · September 4, 2013

Date
September 4, 2013 · 15:00 local
Place
Greenville, SC
Airport
Greenville Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81CL
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total180 in this make and model10 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.

Aircraft just had 2 new engines installed. The owners pilot was going to fly two hours for engine break-in period. Ten minutes after departure the avionics and aircraft systems starting to shut down one by one. Aircraft lost all power and PIC attempted to hand crank the landing gear down. He was unable to do so due to exaustion, and the gear colapsed on landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT JUST HAD 2 NEW ENGINES INSTALLED. THE OWNERS PILOT WAS GOING TO FLY TWO HOURS FOR ENGINE BREAK-IN PERIOD. TEN MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE AVIONICS AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS STARTING TO SHUT DOWN ONE BY ONE. AIRCRAFT LOST ALL POWER AND PIC ATTEMPTED TO HAND CRANK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE WAS UNABLE TO DO SO DUE TO EXAUSTION, AND THE GEAR COLAPSED ON LANDING.