Beechcraft 58 N3700N
9 February 2010 · Portland, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 February 2010 at about 20:02 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N3700N was involved in an accident near Portland, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:02
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Nearest airport
- Portland International Airport (PDX)
- Coordinates
- 45.5886, -122.5975
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 58
- Registration
- N3700N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Portland → Hailey
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10LA147
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The overstress failure of a nose landing gear mechanism bolt, which precluded the nose gear retract brace assembly from locking the nose gear in the extended position and allowed the nose landing gear to collapse. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the nose gear tire's inner tube.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During takeoff roll, with the airplane between 60 to 70 knots, the inner tube in the nose gear tire failed, causing the tire to flatten and skid and the nose gear to subsequently collapse. The pilot successfully aborted the takeoff and steered the airplane to a stop onto grass just off the right side of the runway. A postaccident examination of the airplane's nose landing gear retract mechanism revealed that the bolt which connects the mechanism's inboard and outboard arms in place had failed in overstress, likely due to the skidding nose gear tire. The failure of the bolt allowed both arms to pivot enough to keep the nose gear retract brace assembly from locking the nose gear in the extended position, which allowed the nose landing gear to collapse.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 58 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | Bear Branch, Kentucky, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 7 Aug 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, United States | Sataire LLC | Fatal | 2 |
| 27 Mar 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | Naples, Florida, United States | Golpa Gadoda | No injuries | - |
| 18 Sep 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | Rainelle, West Virginia, United States | Albatross Aircraft Sales Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | Terence R Cunningham | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2010 | Beechcraft 58 | LaGrange, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2010 | Beechcraft V35 | Bend, Oregon, United States | Richard Degryse | No injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 2010 | Cessna 172N | Salem, Oregon, United States | Graham Aviation Services | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2010 | Cessna TU206F | Seneca, Oregon, United States | Fancho F. Stubblefield | No injuries | - |
| 11 Oct 2010 | Cessna 172 | Portland, Oregon, United States | Snohomish Flying Services | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 2010 | Moyes Bailey MICROLITE | Newberg, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 2010 | Clark RV-9A | Oregon City, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |