# NTSB NYC85LA051: Beech B58, N17824, New Bedford, MA, January 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 12, 1985, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,partial (cause)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING. DURING THE FIRST LANDING AND TAKEOFF THE PLT NOTICED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED AND TWO PASSES WERE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF THE ATC TWR. TWR PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND IN POSITION. THE PLT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, FEATHERED THE PROP AND LANDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT VEERED LEFT COLLIDING WITH A SNOW BANK AND RWY LIGHTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N17824 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-824
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Phillip Pelletier
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FIR, FALL RIVER, MA
- Destination: EWB, NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Airport: EWB, Bedford, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 10,950 total, 200 in this make and model, 10,850 as pilot in command, 102 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 34° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19850112001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850112001179A), Jan 12, 1985: Beech 58, New Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. Left gear started to collapse during takeoff roll. Continued but unable to extend for landing. Cause unreported.

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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