# Incident 19960508036499I: Beech 58, Fort Wayne, IN, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 20:55 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AHZA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66855 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,891 total, 1,085 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508036499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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