BEECH REPORT for August 30, 2023

8/23 2214Z (1514 local Wednesday afternoon): A Be35’s left main and nose gear collapsed during landing at Long Beach, California. The solo pilot was unhurt and airplane damage is “minor”. N2034D (D-3385) is a 1952 C35.

(“Gear collapse during landing”)

8/24 1315Z (0815 local Thursday morning): A Be35’s “pilot retracted [the] landing gear during rollout” at Taylor, Texas. The solo pilot was not hurt; airplane damage is “unknown”. N111CV (D-7718) is a 1964 S35.

(“Pilot inadvertently retracted gear during landing roll”)

8/24 1614Z (1214 local Thursday afternoon): A Be58 “landed long and blew two tires while attempting to stop” at Bethel, Maine. The two aboard avoided injury ands airplane damage is “unknown”. N36EB (TJ-465) is a 1984 58P.

(“Landed long”)

8/26 1650Z (1250 Saturday afternoon): A Be95 landed gear up at Jasper, Alabama. The two aboard were unhurt and airplane damage is “minor”. N5466U (TD-702) is a 1967 D95A.

(“Gear up landing”)

This concludes the Piston Beechcraft Accidents 8/24/2022 – 8/30/2023

 

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