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FAA accident report · Beech C24R · Marine City, MI · May 22, 2016

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Date
May 22, 2016 · 16:00 local
Place
Marine City, MI
Airport
Marine City
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N20135
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16LA190
Reported as
Beech C24R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total400 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days
N20135Registration cancelled Jun 29, 2017 · Beech C24RS/N MC-604 · Built 1978Airframe modelBeech C24REngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

On Sunday may 22nd at approximately 4:30PM, N20135 was discovered by airport employees on the right side of the departure end of rwy 4 at Marine City Airport (76G). The right main gear was collapsed and the nose gear sheared off. There was no pilot or passengers in the vicinity.

The pilot returned to the airport the following morning and met with FAA inspectors. The pilot indicated he had an abnormal landing gear retraction on departure from kokomo (kokk). He cycled the gear and the problem went away.

On arrival into 76G, he lowered the landing gear and did not get a right main gear down indication. Compounding the problem, the left pilot door popped open and he stated he had controllability issues. The pilot attempted to perform the emergency gear extension procedure but it did not resolve the issue.

The pilot elected to land with the left main gear on the pavement and the right wing on the grass. He subsequently struck 3 runway edge lights, sheared off the nose gear and stopped in a drainage gulley. He was not injured.

While the aircraft was being lifted by crane for relocation to a hangar, it was immediately observed that the right main landing gear remained in the upright position. It was jammed by the plastic trailing edge speed fairing. The edge of the plastic fairing had locked into the tire tread. It appeared the gear assembly was rigged too FAR aft in the well. Rub marks on the assembly indicate that the gear had been rubbing on the fairing for some time previous to the accident flight.

As the FAA filed it

ON SUNDAY MAY 22ND AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM, N20135 WAS DISCOVERED BY AIRPORT EMPLOYEES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 4 AT MARINE CITY AIRPORT (76G). THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS NO PILOT OR PASSENGERS IN THE VICINITY.

THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND MET WITH FAA INSPECTORS. THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD AN ABNORMAL LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ON DEPARTURE FROM KOKOMO (KOKK). HE CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY.

ON ARRIVAL INTO 76G, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT GET A RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM, THE LEFT PILOT DOOR POPPED OPEN AND HE STATED HE HAD CONTROLLABILITY ISSUES. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE BUT IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ON THE PAVEMENT AND THE RIGHT WING ON THE GRASS. HE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK 3 RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS, SHEARED OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND STOPPED IN A DRAINAGE GULLEY. HE WAS NOT INJURED.

WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING LIFTED BY CRANE FOR RELOCATION TO A HANGAR, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. IT WAS JAMMED BY THE PLASTIC TRAILING EDGE SPEED FAIRING. THE EDGE OF THE PLASTIC FAIRING HAD LOCKED INTO THE TIRE TREAD. IT APPEARED THE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS RIGGED TOO FAR AFT IN THE WELL. RUB MARKS ON THE ASSEMBLY INDICATE THAT THE GEAR HAD BEEN RUBBING ON THE FAIRING FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN16LA190Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMarine City, MIThe misalignment of the right main landing gear, which resulted in the failure of the landing gear to retract and extend properly. Also causal was the pilot's failure to have the airplane inspected after a hard landing that had resulted in substantial damage…May 22, 2016 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N20135 · 4

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

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