- Date
- May 6, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N713DMBeech E-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870506012359A
- Case key
- 7423
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he lowered the ldg gear and observed a down-and-locked indication on the ldg gear position light on final appch. During rollout, he felt a severe vibration in the nose gear and pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to reduce it. He then applied the brakes and the nose gear collapsed. As the acft slid to a stop, the rt main gear collapsed. Smoke began to fill the cockpit and the plt exited the acft through the emergency exit. Rescue personnel reported finding the acft resting gear-up on the rwy when they responded to the accident. An A&P mechanic on-scene assisted in extinguishing a fire that had broken out, and entered the acft afterward. He reported finding the gear selector lever in the 'up' position. He noted that the flap selector was in the 'down' position. Post-crash exam of the acft by the FAA revealed no evidence of pre-existing malfunction or mech failure in the ldg gear down-lock system. The inbd MLG doors were observed to be partially ground away.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713DM
- Reported as
- Beech E-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-889
- Airframe hours
- 3,750
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chris Shurburtt
- Registered owner
- Telleamerica Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GSP · Greer, SC
- Airport
- SPA · Spartanburg Downtown Mem., runway 22, 5,203 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,940 total · 124 in this make and model · 1,817 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.