# NTSB MIA84LA087: Beech B-58, N21BR, Tallahassee, FL, February 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1984, 14:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Coordinates: 30.449056, -84.349601 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4491&lon=-84.3496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA087

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR & NOSE GEAR STUCK IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STUCK IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATING ROD HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N21BR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-27A
- Airframe hours: 52996
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-520-C2 520 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Seminole Toyota Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 9,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 7,275 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 79 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840218003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840218003949A), Feb 18, 1984: Beech 58, Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. Landing gear actuating rod failed. Unable to extend nose gear and left main. Landed on right main gear.

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.

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