# Incident 20140924020329I: Beech 58, Symrna, TN, September 24, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2014, 05:01 local time
- Place: Symrna, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N584HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N584HP) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140924020329I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO MQY THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. DURING THE EXTENSION A LOUD POP WAS HEARD.  BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT REMAINING OUT. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. A FLY-BY WAS ARRANGED WITH THE CONTROL TOWER. ON THE FLY-BY IT WAS NOTED THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LOCKED. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO PERFORM A NUMBER OF RETRACTION AND EXTENSIONS AND AN EMERGENCY MANUAL EXTENSION TO THE LANDING GEAR; THE NOSE LANDING GEAR REMAINED UNLOCKED. ON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS HELD OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIR SPEED WAS BLEED OFF. AS THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY IT COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID 300 FT. TO A STOP NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N584HP (1)

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

- [Incident 20130207001889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001889I), Feb 7, 2013: Beech 58 (N584HP), Lodi, CA, Minor damage. On take off roll, lt cockpit door unlatched and opened slightly. PIC aborted takeoff and landed hard on rt. Gear strut. Strut compressed causing prop strike of…

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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