Maintenance Resources
As aircraft owner or operator, the regulations make you responsible for properly maintaining the aircraft. Between annual inspections, your eyes on the airplane matter most.
The ABS Landing Gear Guide.
The complete reference — 38-step inspection checklist, rigging procedures, troubleshooting, and component reference. Print one for your hangar.
ASF Landing Gear Inspection, Maintenance & Repair Guide
The full ABS Air Safety Foundation guide. Comprehensive pilot, owner, and mechanic reference covering preflight discipline, abnormal-procedure protocols, inspection checklists, and component overhaul guidance.
Download the Guide (PDF) →Your Legal & Practical Responsibilities
As aircraft owner or operator, the regulations make you responsible to properly maintain the aircraft. By actively inspecting and monitoring your airplane between annual inspections, you can help prevent landing gear mishaps.
Owner responsibilities overview →Aftermarket gear-warning systems.
A backstop, not a substitute for discipline. Several vendors offer landing-gear warning and reminder systems compatible with Beech aircraft.
The Beech Magic Hand System
The original Beech automatic gear-extension safety system — full overview, history, and operating notes.
Read the article (PDF) →PS Engineering
Aural gear-warning integration through your audio panel — context-aware alerts triggered by flap, throttle, and altitude inputs.
Learn more →Additional Aftermarket Vendors
Standalone landing-gear monitoring systems and integrated EFIS solutions that add redundancy to the legacy three-green system.
Vendor directory →Landing-gear maintenance reference.
A curated set of maintenance documents and articles for Beech landing-gear systems.
- Document ASF Landing Gear Inspection, Maintenance & Repair Guide ABS Air Safety Foundation · Full Guide
- Article Landing Gear System "Watch Outs" ABS Magazine · February 2013 (reprint)
- Article Landing Gear Motor Maintenance ABS Magazine · January 2019 (reprint)
- Article Landing Gear Notes ABS Magazine · May 2012 (reprint)
- Article Recovery After a Gear Up: Preventing Additional Damage ABS Magazine · December 2018 (reprint)
How the Beech landing-gear system works.
Decade-spanning ABS Magazine systems articles — the indicators, the motors, the relays, and the Magic Hand.
- Article Down and Locked: A History of Landing Gear Indicators ABS Magazine · July 2013 (reprint)
- Article The Beech Magic Hand System ABS Magazine · October 2021 (reprint)
- Article Gear Primer ABS Magazine · January 2021 (reprint)
- Article 24-Volt Motor and Relay ABS Magazine · June 2021 (reprint)
- Article 14-Volt Motor and Dynamic Braking ABS Magazine · August 2021 (reprint)
Pilot-side reading.
The Prevention of Gear-Up Landings
March 2022 reprint — the pilot-side companion to this entire campaign.
Read (PDF) →Gear Failure
December 2020 reprint — anatomy of mechanical failures, and how to respond when the gear won’t cooperate.
Read (PDF) →Electrical Failure and Gear Collapse
December 2019 reprint — Systems Command column on the electrical side of gear-collapse events.
Read (PDF) →