19940313007589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Winston Salem, NC · March 13, 1994

Date: March 13, 1994 · 21:32 local
Place: Winston Salem, NC
Airport: Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N440BL
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total80 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N440BLRegistered now · Beech 58S/N TH-801 · Built 1977 Airframe modelBeech 58

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft entered pattern at lexington (exx) then changed to int due to car availability. When gear extended at exx had no green lights. Recycled gear, circuit breaker popped, reset twice the "gear motor circuit breaker". Used manual emergency procedures for manual gear extension - no tension after 50 cranks. Talked to exx mechanics on ground. Removed handle to try to work handle with no avail. Then determined a landing gear up was imminent at int. Then landed aircraft with gear up at int with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT ENTERED PATTERN AT LEXINGTON (EXX) THEN CHANGED TO INT DUE TO CAR AVAILABILITY. WHEN GEAR EXTENDED AT EXX HAD NO GREEN LIGHTS. RECYCLED GEAR, CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, RESET TWICE THE "GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER". USED MANUAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION - NO TENSION AFTER 50 CRANKS. TALKED TO EXX MECHANICS ON GROUND. REMOVED HANDLE TO TRY TO WORK HANDLE WITH NO AVAIL. THEN DETERMINED A LANDING GEAR UP WAS IMMINENT AT INT. THEN LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR UP AT INT WITH NO INJURIES.