# Incident 19961220042509I: Beech H18, Dothan, AL, December 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1996, 08:26 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Airport: Dothan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ATBA
- Location: 31.3210° N, 85.4495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOTHAN RGNL (DHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3210&lon=-85.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105AF-2007-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961220042509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT (LANDON PRATT) STATED HE WAS ON APPROACH TO DOTHAN AIRPORT AND UPON EXTENDING HIS LANDING GEAR DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE CONTACTED THE CONTROL TOWER AND ASKED THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD ASCERTAIN THE CONDITION OF HIS LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FULLY EXTENDED. MR. PRATT ATTEMPTED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND WAS ABLE TO GET A GREEN EXTEND LIGHT. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TIPS OF SEVERAL PROPELLER BLADES. M OR D FORTHCOMING.

## Other reports on N105AF (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991124040029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991124040029I), Nov 24, 1999: Beech H18 (N105AF), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. The pilot reported that he departed freeport, grand Bahamas, at approximately 11-24-1999, enroute to ft. Lauderdale Hollywood international airport (fll) with…
- [Incident 19930714037009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930714037009I), Jul 14, 1993: Beech H18 (N105AF), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. Vibration in left engine. Precautionary landing. Found 6 inch piece of one propeller blade missing.
- [Incident 19871111078419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111078419I), Nov 11, 1987: Beech H18 (N105AF), Texarkana, AR, Minor damage. Complete electrical failure. Unable to lower gear. Landed gear up. Unfamiliar with emergency landing gear procedure

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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