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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Fort Wayne, IN · May 8, 1996

Date: May 8, 1996 · 20:55 local
Place: Fort Wayne, IN
Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AHZA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N66855
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO520C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,891 total1,085 in this make and model176 in the last 90 days

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: pilot admits to forgetting to put the gear down and claims he did not hear the gear horn. Pilot also claims to have been confused during landing because the ILS back course malfunction runway 32. Inspection of the aircraft revealed a properly functioning landing gear system. Fifo did an after accident test on back course 32-FWA, tested ok. Airman forgot to put the gear down. 609 completed 5/17/96 by indianapolis FSDO.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT ADMITS TO FORGETTING TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND CLAIMS HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR HORN. PILOT ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN CONFUSED DURING LANDING BECAUSE THE ILS BACK COURSE MALFUNCTION RUNWAY 32. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. FIFO DID AN AFTER ACCIDENT TEST ON BACK COURSE 32-FWA, TESTED OK. AIRMAN FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. 609 COMPLETED 5/17/96 BY INDIANAPOLIS FSDO.