# Incident 20140131000949I: Beech 58, Waterford, MI, January 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2014, 16:38 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3077Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3077Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140131000949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENDED TO PERFORM A LOCAL CHECK FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION.  A PREFLIGHT WAS PERFORMED IN HIS T HANGAR. DUE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THE RAMP THE PILOT BORROWED AN ELECTRIC TOW BAR THAT HE NORMALLY DID NOT USE.  AFTER PULLING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGAR HE COILED THE ELECTRIC CORD UP AND MISTAKENLY RECORDED IN HIS  MIND THAT THE BAR HAD BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE HIS REGULAR TOW BAR ONLY TOOK ONE STEP TO REMOVE.  HE MANAGED TO TAXI OUT AND DEPART RATIONALIZING THAT THE UNUSUAL STEERING PEDAL INPUT REQUIREMENTS WERE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SNOW ON THE RAMP.  AFTER GEAR RETRACTION THE TOWER ADVISED OF THE APPARENT TOW BAR HANGING FROM THE NOSE.  THE PILOT ALSO HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND DURING RETRACTION.  THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND MIXTURES SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH THE TOW BAR REMAINING ATTACHED.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS HELD OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE BY THE TOW BAR BINDING ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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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