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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Dallas, TX · June 19, 2016

Date: June 19, 2016 · 13:06 local
Place: Dallas, TX
Airport: Dallas Executive
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: PE2A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N711RX
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total

N711RXRegistration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Beech 58S/N TH-611 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On Sunday June 19, 2016, a Beechcraft model 58 baron experienced a nose landing gear collapse while landing on runway 17 at Dallas Executive Airport (rbd), Dallas Texas. An onsite investigation was conducted and the nose gear retraction mechanism was examined in detail.

This examination showed the drag brace had fractured in the tubing; at a point just forward of the right attach point. The fracture faces displayed surfaces that were inclined at approximately 45-degrees to the axis of the separated portion of the tubing, consistent with an overload event. Additionally, signs of rust were found along the fracture. It appears that internal corrosion lead to an undetected stress crack, causing the overload condition.

As the FAA filed it

ON SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2016, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL 58 BARON EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (RBD), DALLAS TEXAS. AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION MECHANISM WAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL.

THIS EXAMINATION SHOWED THE DRAG BRACE HAD FRACTURED IN THE TUBING; AT A POINT JUST FORWARD OF THE RIGHT ATTACH POINT. THE FRACTURE FACES DISPLAYED SURFACES THAT WERE INCLINED AT APPROXIMATELY 45-DEGREES TO THE AXIS OF THE SEPARATED PORTION OF THE TUBING, CONSISTENT WITH AN OVERLOAD EVENT. ADDITIONALLY, SIGNS OF RUST WERE FOUND ALONG THE FRACTURE. IT APPEARS THAT INTERNAL CORROSION LEAD TO AN UNDETECTED STRESS CRACK, CAUSING THE OVERLOAD CONDITION.