# Incident 20180209002189I: Beech D-50, Tallahassee, FL, February 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2018, 21:12 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-50 (registry code 1152512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D-50
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 35 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180209002189I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N261B, MODEL, BEECH D-50 LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING ON RWY 36 AT TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT (TLH).  PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 27 BUT ELECTED TO GO AROUND DUE TO BAD APPROACH TO RWY 27.  THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT TO JOIN THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 36. ABOUT THE TIME THE PILOT CROSSED THE CENTERLINE OF RWY 36, HE BEGAN TO SMELL AN ACRID SMOKE. THE PILOT MADE A QUICK TURN ONTO THE DOWNWIND TO 36 AND ACTUATED THE LANDING GEAR. AS HE CONTINUED THE TURN TO JOIN THE CENTERLINE OF RWY 36 THE SMOKE GREW WORSE. AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RWY 36 THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROPELLERS IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ADVISED THEM THAT HE GOT A GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT TURNED OFF ALL THE POWER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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