# Accident 20250410006709A: Beech C90, Temple, TX, April 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2025, 15:40 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Central Texas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1514° N, 97.4090° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1514&lon=-97.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923CR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N923CR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-135A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250410006709A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN25LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA154), Apr 10, 2025: Beech C90 (N923CR), Temple, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear down lock to engage and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear.

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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