# NTSB WPR18WA117: Beech 58, East London, South Africa, April 3, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 3, 2018, 06:12 local (06:12 UTC)
- Place: East London, South Africa
- Location: 33.0356° S, 27.8259° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at King Phalo Airport (FAEL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.0356&lon=27.8259&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96983/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA117

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 3, 2018, at 0612 coordinated universal time, a Beechcraft 58 Baron airplane, registration ZS-JYD, sustained minor damage after the nose gear collapsed during landing at East London (FAEL), Eastern Cape, South Africa. The pilot, sole occupant, was not injured.The Civil Aviation Authority of South Africa, Accident & Incident Investigation Division (AIID) is investigating the incident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane, the NTSB has designated a US accredited representative to assist the AIID in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this incident should be directed to: South African Civil Aviation Authority Accidents and Incidents Investigation Division Private Bag X 73 Halfway House 1685 South Africa Website: http://www.caa.co.za

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-JYD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 58 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-795
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: FAPA, Port Alfred
- Destination: FAEL, East London
- Airport: FAEL, East London

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

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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