20250410006709A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C90 · Temple, TX · April 10, 2025

Date
April 10, 2025 · 15:40 local
Place
Temple, TX
Airport
Draughon-Miller Central Texas
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N923CR
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA154
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
27,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed kgtu on ferry flight to ktpl. Pilot initiated landing sequence and received warning that left gear was not down & locked. Pilot cycled landing gear switch, with no effect. Pilot manually actuated landing gear down, performed fly-by at ktpl for ground personal to visual confirm gear down was down. Airfield cameras showed gear was down. Aircraft then successfully performed landing to rwy 16 without incident. After rollout aircraft then exited onto taxiway. During taxi to parking the left gear then collapsed. Aircraft’s left propeller & wing incurred damage as result.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KGTU ON FERRY FLIGHT TO KTPL. PILOT INITIATED LANDING SEQUENCE AND RECEIVED WARNING THAT LEFT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN & LOCKED. PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR SWITCH, WITH NO EFFECT. PILOT MANUALLY ACTUATED LANDING GEAR DOWN, PERFORMED FLY-BY AT KTPL FOR GROUND PERSONAL TO VISUAL CONFIRM GEAR DOWN WAS DOWN. AIRFIELD CAMERAS SHOWED GEAR WAS DOWN. AIRCRAFT THEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED LANDING TO RWY 16 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT THEN EXITED ONTO TAXIWAY. DURING TAXI TO PARKING THE LEFT GEAR THEN COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT’S LEFT PROPELLER & WING INCURRED DAMAGE AS RESULT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.