# Incident 20161213019009I: Beech 58P, Hilton Head Isl, SC, December 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2016, 16:45 local time
- Place: Hilton Head Isl, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58JT-2017-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,233 total, 138 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/20161213019009I

## Narrative

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

STATEMENT OF EVENTS OF 13 DECEMBER 2016

N58JT, BEECH BARON 58P

DURING FLIGHT FROM MANASSAS, VA (HEF) TO HILTON HEAD, SC (HXD), AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT HXD, I LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. MY PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT, MY MECHANIC, ALSO CONFIRMED THREE GREEN LIGHTS. I THEN SELECTED APPROACH FLAPS, AND UPON ENTERING SHORT FINAL APPROACH, SELECTED FULL FLAPS AND AGAIN VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON SELECTING FULL FLAPS, THERE WAS NO GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDING. ON SHORT FINAL, I AGAIN VERIFIED GEAR DOWN FLAPS FULL, PROPS AND MIXTURE FULL FORWARD, REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO GEAR WARNING HORN.

THE LANDING WAS VERY NORMAL, BUT DURING ROLLOUT, WHEN THE NOSE LOWERED AND THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN BOTH PROPS STRIKING THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT, THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED INDICATING THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.

THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT FIRE CHIEF WITNESSED THE APPROACH AND LANDING. HE SAID THE TOUCHDOWN LOOKED VERY NORMAL, RIGHT AT THE TOUCHDOWN MARKERS, SAW THE ROLLOUT AND THEN SAW THE NOSE COLLAPSE. HE WENT AND MEASURED FROM THE POINT THE MAINS TOUCHED DOWN TO THE NOSE TOUCHDOWN AS 215 FEET.

## Other reports on N58JT (1)

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

- [Incident 19880108041599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880108041599I), Jan 8, 1988: Beech 58P (N58JT), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Dual alternator failure. Failed to reset circuit breakers or check gear down. Put on deice. Surge popped breakers.

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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