# Incident 20220525008659I: Beech 60, Port Orange, FL, May 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2022, 19:12 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek Pvt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1134° N, 81.0132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orange, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1134&lon=-81.0132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33LB-2023-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 60 (registry code 1153602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 350 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220525008659I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1912 EDT ON MAY 25, 2022, N33LB EXPERIENCED A GEAR COLLAPSE ON RUNWAY 6 AT SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (PRIVATE).  SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT OPERATIONS NOTIFIED THE FAA ROC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EVENT.

ON MAY 29, 2022 THE HIRED MECHANIC (IA) ASSESSED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPS, LANDING GEAR, BELLY, AND FLAPS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE CAUSED BY GROUND IMPACT.

THE PIC STATED THAT PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO LAND, A "GEAR UNSAFE" INDICATION WAS NOTICED.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO DEPART THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT TO BEGIN RUNNING CHECKLISTS.  THE CHECKLIST INSTRUCTED THE PILOTS TO UTILIZE THE MANUAL HANDCRANK TO LOCK THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION, BY TURNING THE HANDCRANK 50 TIMES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE HANDCRANK THE RECOMMENDED 50 TIMES, NO CHANGE IN THE GEAR INDICATION WAS NOTICED.  THE PIC TURNED THE HANDCRANK "AN ADDITIONAL 250 TIMES, WITH NO CHANGE IN INDICATION NOTICED".

THE PIC STATED "A RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT COMMENCED AFTER NOTIFYING GROUND PERSONNEL OF THE SITUATION AND TO OBSERVE THE LANDING GEAR WHILE A LOW APPROACH WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN GEAR POSITIONING. THE LOW FLY BY RESULTED IN THE GROUND OBSERVERS NOTICING THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND IN POSITION. NO GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT."

UPON LANDING, THE PIC STATED THE FOLLOWING: "AS THE NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY IT GAVE WAY AND RETRACTED INTO THE NOSE GEAR AREA FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN AND PROPELLER CONTACT ON THE LEFT SIDE. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED BY THE PIC UNTIL THE PLANE SLOWLY BEGAN TO TURN LEFT TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT WHICH POINT THE NOSE WAS FULL DOWN CAUSING THE RIGHT PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. NEAR THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE STOPPED WITH A SLIGHT RIGHT SIDE LOAD WHICH APPEARED TO CAUSE THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLLAPSE INTO THE WHEEL WELL. "

THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION WAS ABLE TO CORROBORATE THE FLIGHT ACTIVITY AND LOW PASS BY REVIEWING ADS-B DATA OF THE FLIGHT IN QUESTION.

A REVIEW OF PILOT AND AIRCRAFT QUALIFICATIONS WAS CONDUCTED TO FIND NO REGULATORY NON-COMPLIANCE.

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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