# Accident 20241227019849A: Beech 58, Florence, SC, December 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Florence, SC
- Airport: Florence Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 79.7187° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-79.7187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N458K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N458K) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,225 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241227019849A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/27/2024 APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS PILOT DID A MISSED APPROACH AND GO AROUND INTO FLORENCE REGINAL AIRPORT (FLO). DURING FINAL APPROACH PILOT-INITIATED GEAR DOWN SEQUENCE. ONCE LOWERING THE HEAR HANDLE THE PILOT NOTICED NO MOVEMENT OF LANDING GEAR AND NO INDICATION LANDING GEAR WAS MOVING, TRANSITION LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, AND NOISE DID NOT CHANGE. PILOT DID NOT INITIATE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION OR GO AROUND BUT INSTEAD DECIDED TO LAND WITHOUT LANDING GEAR. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. UPON INSPECTION THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND STRUCTURE OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA094), Dec 27, 2024: Beech 58 (N458K), Florence, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow the emergency procedures and extend the landing gear manually after the landing gear did not initially extend normally.

## Other reports on N458K (2)

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

- [Incident 20050502008009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050502008009I), May 2, 2005: Beech 58 (N458K), Florence, SC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported he made a hard landing during marginal sky conditions (low visibility/fog). He further stated while flying an ILS approach to the runway…
- [Incident 19990606034529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606034529I), Jun 6, 1999: Beech 58 (N458K), Henderson, AR, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Lambreth states that after landing the aircraft he inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of activating the flaps.

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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