# Incident 20170521004819I: Beech 45, Hayden, ID, May 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2017, 16:35 local time
- Place: Hayden, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7685° N, 116.8012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayden, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7685&lon=-116.8012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55GF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 45
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170521004819I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY, 21 2017 A BE-45 PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT COEUR D?ALENE (KCOE) AIRPORT DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEING STUCK IN THE NOSE GEAR WELL.

THE INCIDENT BEGAN DURING THE DEPARTURE FROM JOHNSON CREEK (K3U2). JOHNSON CREEK IS A REMOTE AIRFIELD WITHOUT SERVICES.  THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND A ?BANG? WAS HEARD AND THE GEAR INDICATING SYSTEM SHOWED A PROBLEM WITH THE NOSE GEAR DUE TO THE MAIN GEAR INDICATING UP AND LOCKED WITH NO INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED TO KCOE DUE THAT AIRPORT HAVING SERVICES AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.

ONCE IN KCOE?S AIRSPACE THE PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL LOW APPROACHES WHILE IN COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND PERSONNEL TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE NOSE GEAR. AFTER SEVERAL LOW APPROACHES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WASN?T DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT SUBSUQUINLEY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

DURING THE SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR HAD FAILED DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR BEING RETRACTED WITH THE STRUT COLLAPSED.  IT CAN?T BE DETERMINED IF THE STRUT FAILED DURING THE LAST LANDING OR DURING THE LAST TAKE OFF BEFORE THE INCIDENT BEGAN. DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE STRUT THE STRUT CAP AND RETAINING DEVICE WERE MISSING AND COULDN?T BE LOCATED AT THIS TIME. IT CAN?T BE DETERMINED WHY THE STRUT FAILED AT THIS TIME.

NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.

THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AT A LATER DATE.

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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