From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
N31704 a Beech 1900C on may 8, 2020 was on a flight from corpus christie, TX (kcrp) to San Antonio, TX (ksat). After departure from kcrp landing gear failed to retract all gear lights remaining illuminated, with no red light in gear handle. Handle was recycled once and returned to the down position. The pilot continued to ksat. Visual approach and landing to runway 04 were normal, touching down at about the 1000FT. Point. Shortly after touchdown, the red light in the gear handle illuminated and the left main landing gear collapsed. Damage to left landing gear, drag brace, left propeller damage due to prop strike, left wing has substantial damage from ground and airport lighting strike. Aircraft departed the paved surface, turning left to a southwesterly heading. Pilot shut off the engines and all electrical switches and exited the aircraft. No post-crash fire and pilot reported no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
N31704 A BEECH 1900C ON MAY 8, 2020 WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM CORPUS CHRISTIE, TX (KCRP) TO SAN ANTONIO, TX (KSAT). AFTER DEPARTURE FROM KCRP LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ALL GEAR LIGHTS REMAINING ILLUMINATED, WITH NO RED LIGHT IN GEAR HANDLE. HANDLE WAS RECYCLED ONCE AND RETURNED TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO KSAT. VISUAL APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 04 WERE NORMAL, TOUCHING DOWN AT ABOUT THE 1000FT. POINT. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE RED LIGHT IN THE GEAR HANDLE ILLUMINATED AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO LEFT LANDING GEAR, DRAG BRACE, LEFT PROPELLER DAMAGE DUE TO PROP STRIKE, LEFT WING HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM GROUND AND AIRPORT LIGHTING STRIKE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE, TURNING LEFT TO A SOUTHWESTERLY HEADING. PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINES AND ALL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NO POST-CRASH FIRE AND PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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