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Be-58 pilot reported the nose gear collapsed causing the propellers to strike the ground during landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1410889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Baron 58/58TC |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Down Lock |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22 Flight Crew Total 3236 Flight Crew Type 139 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After being cleared to land; I lowered the landing gear and verified three green lights indicating the gear was down and locked. The passenger in the right seat; my mechanic also confirmed three green lights. I then selected approach flaps and upon entering short final; selected full flaps and again verified three green lights. There was no gear warning horn sounding; again indicating the gear was down and locked. On short final; I again verified three green lights; props forward and mixtures full rich for landing. On reducing power over the runway; again there was no gear warning horn; indicating the gear wads down.the landing was very normal; but upon lowering the nose; the nose gear collapsed; resulting both props striking the ground. At this point the nose gear light went out and the gear horn sounded. I do not yet know the cause of the gear collapse; but it seemed as if the drag brace suddenly failed. Alternatively; the nose gear may not have been locked in the down position; despite the green light indicator and lack of gear horn.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE-58 pilot reported the nose gear collapsed causing the propellers to strike the ground during landing.
Narrative: After being cleared to land; I lowered the landing gear and verified three green lights indicating the gear was down and locked. The passenger in the right seat; my mechanic also confirmed three green lights. I then selected approach flaps and upon entering short final; selected full flaps and again verified three green lights. There was no gear warning horn sounding; again indicating the gear was down and locked. On short final; I again verified three green lights; props forward and mixtures full rich for landing. On reducing power over the runway; again there was no gear warning horn; indicating the gear wads down.The landing was very normal; but upon lowering the nose; the nose gear collapsed; resulting both props striking the ground. At this point the nose gear light went out and the gear horn sounded. I do not yet know the cause of the gear collapse; but it seemed as if the drag brace suddenly failed. Alternatively; the nose gear may not have been locked in the down position; despite the green light indicator and lack of gear horn.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.