Beechcraft 58 N8121R
24 April 2012 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 April 2012 at about 22:04 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N8121R was involved in an accident near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. One person was 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 22:04
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Joe Foss Field Airport (FSD)
- Coordinates
- 43.5819, -96.7419
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 58
- Registration
- N8121R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tea → Rapid City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN12LA283
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the normal and emergency landing gear system to fully retract or extend the landing gear for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examinations, which resulted in a partial gear-up landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that he was unable to fully retract the landing gear after takeoff and the landing gear position indicator transition light remained illuminated. He tried to manually extend the landing gear, but the crank arm was difficult to turn. Unable to fully extend or retract the landing gear, the pilot diverted to a nearby airport where he performed a landing with the gear partially extended, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. During the postaccident recovery and examination of the airplane, the landing gear was cycled repeatedly using the airplane’s normal (electrical) landing gear system and operated normally. Although the manual landing gear extension handle was difficult to turn during postaccident testing, this would not explain why the gear would not retract. Postaccident examination of the landing gear system could not duplicate the condition that resulted in the partial gear-up landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 58 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Sugar Loaf Mountain, Michigan, United States | Dotaero L L C | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Cypress, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Manhattan, Illinois, United States | Bemidji Aviation Services Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jan 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Walterboro, South Carolina, United States | Morgan Corp | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Calhoun, Kentucky, United States | Daniel J. Woosley | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Jul 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Ebor Management Inc | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2012 | Bell 47G-2 | Flandreau, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2012 | Cessna 175A | Spearfish, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jun 2012 | Beechcraft 77 | Clark, South Dakota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2012 | Piper PA-28-161 | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States | Skyways LTD | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 2012 | Rockwell S-2R | Howard, South Dakota, United States | East River Air Spray | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 2012 | Lee Paul SQ 2000 | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |