- Date
- July 17, 1986, 21:00 local (Jul 18, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6354HBeech B-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860717034019A
- Case key
- 22059
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was unable to get a green light for the left main gear prior to landing and finally had to make an emergency landing on the nose and right main gear. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it veered off the runway on the landing roll out. Investigation of the aircraft after the accident revealed a bolt missing from the left main gear accuator tube. Both the FAA and Garrett maintenance personnel were unable to determine why the bolt was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6354H
- Reported as
- Beech B-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BE-131
- Airframe hours
- 1,520
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-6252B, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 25, 1986 · 136 hours before
- Destination
- T97 · Portlavaca, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- IAH · Houston Intercont'L, runway 14, 6,038 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,745 total · 1,590 in this make and model · 13,550 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.