# Incident 20210901015349I: Beech 58, Trenton, ME, September 1, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Trenton, ME
- Airport: Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4497° N, 68.3615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANCOCK COUNTY/BAR HARBOR (BHB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4497&lon=-68.3615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51FD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51FD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,968 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210901015349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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