# Incident 20200322006549I: Beech 58P, Mammoth Lakes, CA, March 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth Yosemite
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6241° N, 118.8388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAMMOTH YOSEMITE (MMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6241&lon=-118.8388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84PE) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,975 total, 519 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200322006549I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT UTILIZED A BATTERY OPERATED HAND TOW BAR TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO A PLANNED LOCAL FLIGHT IN THE MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA AREA. THE TOW BAR WAS NEVER DISCONNECTED AFTER MOVING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN STARTED, TAXIED, AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 09 AT THE MMH AIRPORT AND RETRACTED THE GEAR. WHEN THE GEAR RETRACTED, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE PILOT THEN KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE LOWERED THE GEAR, BUT NOTICED ONLY GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAINS. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, WAITED FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO ARRIVE, THEN EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 27. THE NOSE SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY DURING THE LAST PART OF THE ROLL OUT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS, RADOME, AND PROPELLER TIPS.

## Other reports on N84PE (1)

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

- [Incident 20130710012879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130710012879I), Jul 10, 2013: Beech 58P (N84PE), Minden, NV, Minor damage. During takeoff roll on runway 34, the landing gear retracted. According to the pilot, he had not selected gear up and had not lifted off from the runway…

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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