# Incident 20140227003679I: Beech 400A, Houston, TX, February 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2014, 00:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87EB-2015-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400A (registry code 1155402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140227003679I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 00:30 (CST) A HAWKER BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT, N87EB, MODEL: BE-400A SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, DURING LANDING, WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

THE CFR PART 91 FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, FA (KFXE) WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION TO HOUSTON, TX (KHOU).

THE PILOT STATED DURING THE APPROCH TO LANDING AFTER SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN, IT WAS NOTED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDCATE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND EXTEDEND THE GEAR AGAIN BUT DID NOT GET AN INDICATION THE RIGHT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO SLOW FLY PAST THE TOWER TO CHECK IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER REPORTED ALL THREE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.

THE PILOT MADE A GO AROUND AND SELECTED THE EMERGINCY GEAR DOWN. BOTH OF THE FLIGHT TRIED TO PULL THE EMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE BUT WERE UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE SYSTEM.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AND CAME TO REST OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY R.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD END, RIGHT FLAP, RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR AND TIRE.

THE 2 CREW AND 5 PASSINGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

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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