# Incident 20240714008349I: Beech 58, Hot Springs, AR, July 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2024, 14:25 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444KG-2025-04-24) (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: 767 total, 228 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240714008349I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:25 LOCAL TIME, BEECHCRAFT BARON BE-58 WAS LANDING RUNWAY 13 AT HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KHOT). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND VEERED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY A DISLODGED FUEL CAP CAUSING HIM TO FORGET TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. DAY VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PILOT OR PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N444KG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040910023729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910023729I), Sep 10, 2004: Beech 58 (N444KG), West Memphis, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting a "touch & go" landing after an ILS approach in a BE-58 aircraft. Pilot mistakenly retracted the gear instead of the flaps resulting…

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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