# Accident 20240330003349A: Beta Biz LLC BETA BIZ LX7, Huntsville, AL, March 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2024, 12:39 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville International-Carl T Jones F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6464° N, 86.7823° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6464&lon=-86.7823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beta Biz BETA BIZ LX7 (registry code 05639I9, https://openairdocs.org/model/beta-biz-beta-biz-lx7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BETA BIZ LLC BETA BIZ LX7
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,902 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240330003349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ABNORMAL LANDING GEAR INDICATION UPON APPROACH (MAIN GEAR INDICATED IN TRANSIT). PILOT TRIED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION, WITHOUT SUCCESS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT TURNED RIGHT OFF RUNWAY AS IT STOPPED UPON ROLLOUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA170), Mar 30, 2024: Beta Biz LX7 (N222MA), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose landing gear actuator forward hydraulic fitting, which resulted in a main landing gear collapse during landing due to the loss of hydraulic fluid and pressure.

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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