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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D-45 · Franklin, VA · March 15, 1995

Date
March 15, 1995 · 16:30 local
Place
Franklin, VA
Airport
Franklin Municipal-John Beverly Arp
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N331GK
Reported as
Beech D45
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total

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: the pilot-in-command was giving checkout to second-in-command (both cfi's) for qualification to instruct on be T-34. On the fourth touch and go on runway 27 as the aircraft was accelerating for takeoff, it settled on the runway with the gear approximately 75 percent retracted. Prior to the incident, there were no reported gear malfunctions, nor did the pilots involved believe that the gear malfunctioned. Apparently the landing gear handle was put in the "up" position before the aircraft had flying speed. The aircraft damage was considered minor. The following were damaged: inboard MLG doors, exhaust stacks, propeller beyond repair, and the engine sustained sudden stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS GIVING CHECKOUT TO SECOND-IN-COMMAND (BOTH CFI'S) FOR QUALIFICATION TO INSTRUCT ON BE T-34. ON THE FOURTH TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 27 AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATING FOR TAKEOFF, IT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT RETRACTED. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THERE WERE NO REPORTED GEAR MALFUNCTIONS, NOR DID THE PILOTS INVOLVED BELIEVE THAT THE GEAR MALFUNCTIONED. APPARENTLY THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT IN THE "UP" POSITION BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLYING SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED MINOR. THE FOLLOWING WERE DAMAGED: INBOARD MLG DOORS, EXHAUST STACKS, PROPELLER BEYOND REPAIR, AND THE ENGINE SUSTAINED SUDDEN STOPPAGE.