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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Trenton, ME · September 1, 2021

Date
September 1, 2021 · 13:00 local
Place
Trenton, ME
Airport
Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airp
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51FD
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,968 total

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.

Pilot stated that prior to landing he had three green lights indicating all gear were down and locked. This was affirmed by interviews with passengers.

Pilot stated this was a normal landing with no undue stress on the airframe. As the nose wheel first touched he heard sounds of a prop strike and pulled the nose back. Believing it was a nose gear failure he shut off the fuel and shut down the electrical system.

As the nose came down both props struck the ground and the aircraft slid to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING ALL GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. THIS WAS AFFIRMED BY INTERVIEWS WITH PASSENGERS.

PILOT STATED THIS WAS A NORMAL LANDING WITH NO UNDUE STRESS ON THE AIRFRAME. AS THE NOSE WHEEL FIRST TOUCHED HE HEARD SOUNDS OF A PROP STRIKE AND PULLED THE NOSE BACK. BELIEVING IT WAS A NOSE GEAR FAILURE HE SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

AS THE NOSE CAME DOWN BOTH PROPS STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.