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Attributes | |
ACN | 598810 |
Time | |
Date | 200311 |
Day | Sat |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : pie.airport |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Baron 58/58TC |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | landing : roll |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 2380 flight time type : 390 |
ASRS Report | 598810 |
Person 2 | |
Function | observation : passenger |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence other other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear light other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On the base to final turn we threw in full flaps and reverified that the gear was down and locked by our indicator lights and the use of the mirror. The third touch-and-go was down and locked by our indicator lights and the user of the mirror. The third touch-and-go went without any incident, raising a notch of flaps before takeoff and cleaning up the plane after takeoff. This time ATC told us to continue on our present heading (004 degrees) and that they would call our turn so we slowed the aircraft down to about 130 KTS because we did not want to penetrate tampa airspace. Eventually ATC advised us to make l-hand traffic to runway 4 and we complied. At about midfield downwind we dropped the gear to slow us down a bit more and begin to prepare for landing. This time the gear transit light (orange light on the indicator panel) remained on what seemed a bit longer than the previous times. We finally got the 3 green lights but they flickered and alternated between the transit light and back to green to orange and then remained solid green. We monitored the gear lights but they seemed to remain in the green position for a few seconds so we continued on. At this point we were at about our downwind to base turn and ATC advised us to continue and they would call our base turn. We complied and then ATC told us to make a right 360 degree turn, and again we complied. ATC called our base turn eventually and we threw in a notch of flaps. Rolling out of our turn, ATC advised us that there would be a runway change and to expect runway 35L. We accepted the change and adjusted our direction of flight and entered the base turn to runway 35L, followed by turning final and throwing in our full notch of flaps. At the last second, ATC told us to sidestep to runway 35R and that we were cleared to land runway 35R. We complied and touched down a bit after the numbers (the runway numbers paved on the runway). On our landing rollout (with the throttles at complete idle) we continued a bit and then began to apply brakes just as the plane began to take a forward downhill motion. We began to see only concrete and we realized what was happening. As we came to a skidding stop, I pulled the mixtures to the cutoff position followed by turning both the right and left magnetos to the off position and then turning off the 3 toggles, right and left alternators and battery.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE58'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSES DURING ROLLOUT ON THE RWY AT PIE, FL.
Narrative: ON THE BASE TO FINAL TURN WE THREW IN FULL FLAPS AND REVERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED BY OUR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THE USE OF THE MIRROR. THE THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO WAS DOWN AND LOCKED BY OUR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THE USER OF THE MIRROR. THE THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO WENT WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT, RAISING A NOTCH OF FLAPS BEFORE TKOF AND CLEANING UP THE PLANE AFTER TKOF. THIS TIME ATC TOLD US TO CONTINUE ON OUR PRESENT HDG (004 DEGS) AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL OUR TURN SO WE SLOWED THE ACFT DOWN TO ABOUT 130 KTS BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO PENETRATE TAMPA AIRSPACE. EVENTUALLY ATC ADVISED US TO MAKE L-HAND TFC TO RWY 4 AND WE COMPLIED. AT ABOUT MIDFIELD DOWNWIND WE DROPPED THE GEAR TO SLOW US DOWN A BIT MORE AND BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR LNDG. THIS TIME THE GEAR TRANSIT LIGHT (ORANGE LIGHT ON THE INDICATOR PANEL) REMAINED ON WHAT SEEMED A BIT LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS TIMES. WE FINALLY GOT THE 3 GREEN LIGHTS BUT THEY FLICKERED AND ALTERNATED BTWN THE TRANSIT LIGHT AND BACK TO GREEN TO ORANGE AND THEN REMAINED SOLID GREEN. WE MONITORED THE GEAR LIGHTS BUT THEY SEEMED TO REMAIN IN THE GREEN POS FOR A FEW SECONDS SO WE CONTINUED ON. AT THIS POINT WE WERE AT ABOUT OUR DOWNWIND TO BASE TURN AND ATC ADVISED US TO CONTINUE AND THEY WOULD CALL OUR BASE TURN. WE COMPLIED AND THEN ATC TOLD US TO MAKE A R 360 DEG TURN, AND AGAIN WE COMPLIED. ATC CALLED OUR BASE TURN EVENTUALLY AND WE THREW IN A NOTCH OF FLAPS. ROLLING OUT OF OUR TURN, ATC ADVISED US THAT THERE WOULD BE A RWY CHANGE AND TO EXPECT RWY 35L. WE ACCEPTED THE CHANGE AND ADJUSTED OUR DIRECTION OF FLT AND ENTERED THE BASE TURN TO RWY 35L, FOLLOWED BY TURNING FINAL AND THROWING IN OUR FULL NOTCH OF FLAPS. AT THE LAST SECOND, ATC TOLD US TO SIDESTEP TO RWY 35R AND THAT WE WERE CLRED TO LAND RWY 35R. WE COMPLIED AND TOUCHED DOWN A BIT AFTER THE NUMBERS (THE RWY NUMBERS PAVED ON THE RWY). ON OUR LNDG ROLLOUT (WITH THE THROTTLES AT COMPLETE IDLE) WE CONTINUED A BIT AND THEN BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES JUST AS THE PLANE BEGAN TO TAKE A FORWARD DOWNHILL MOTION. WE BEGAN TO SEE ONLY CONCRETE AND WE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AS WE CAME TO A SKIDDING STOP, I PULLED THE MIXTURES TO THE CUTOFF POS FOLLOWED BY TURNING BOTH THE R AND L MAGNETOS TO THE OFF POS AND THEN TURNING OFF THE 3 TOGGLES, R AND L ALTERNATORS AND BATTERY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.