# Incident 20181211020639I: Beech 58P, Burlington, VT, December 11, 2018 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 11, 2018, 13:00 local time - Place: Burlington, VT - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10 - Aircraft: N199PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199PB) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58P - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 24 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181211020639I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT (PIC) DEPARTED VFR FROM KBTV VFR ON HIS WAY TO KPTB FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE OWNER. PILOT INDIACATED EVERY THING WAS OK ON THE TAKE OFF. GEAR CAME UP FINE ALL LIGHTS WERE OUT. AT ABOUT 3500 FEET PIC DECIDED TO RUN THROUGH CHECKS AGAIN ON THE AIRPLANE WHILE PIC WAS CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT. PIC DECIDED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR. WHEN PIC PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN HE HEARD A BIG BANG AND FELT IT UNDER THE SEAT. WITHIN A SECOND OR TWO BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE FLOOR BELOW THE SEAT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS HAD TRIPPED. PIC STARTED BACK TO BTV IMMEDIATELY. PIC TRIED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER ONCE, NOTHING HAPPENED. INDICATED HE FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST, TO GET THE GEAR DOWN. PIC PROCEED TO CRANK UNTIL THE CRANK WOULD NOT TURN ANYMORE WHERE THE PIC INDICATED HE HAD ONLY NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN GREEN LIGHTS. THE RIGHT GREEN LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. HE THEN THEN PROCEED WITH A LOW PASS FOR GROUND CREW AND TOWER TO LOOK AND THE GEAR. TOWER AND BURLINGTON OPS SAID IT LOOKED DOWN. PIC THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. PIC TOUCHED DOWN VERY SOFT ON THE LEFT MAIN. KEEP ALL THE WEIGHT OFF THE RIGHT AS LONG AS HE COULD. RIGHT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN AND HE HELD THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. PIC DIDN'T USE THE BRAKES OR TURN AT ALL. AIRCRAFT SLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT 15 OR 20 KNOTS AND THE RIGHT MAIN THEN COLLAPSED. PIC USED THE LEFT BRAKE AT THAT POINT TO HELP STOP IT. PIC THEN SECURED THE AIRCRAFT FUEL AND ELECTRICAL AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INTO THE INERSECTION OF RWY 15 & RWY 19. ## Other reports on N199PB (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20220630011519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220630011519I), Jun 30, 2022: Beech 58P (N199PB), Batavia, OH, Minor damage. Upon landing roll-out on runway 22 at Clermont County Airport, OH (I69),[privacy data omitted], pilot of N199PB, attempted to make the mid-field turn off to… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.