# Incident 19970225007439I: Beech C90, Memphis, TN, February 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1UV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1UV-2005-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970225007439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED OVALDE, TX ON AN IFR FLIGHT 02/25/97, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15. HIS DESTINATION WAS MEMPHIS, TN. HE ARRIVED IN MEMPHIS AT APPROXIMATELY 16:25 AND WAS ON AN ILS APPROACH TO THE MEMPHIS AIRPORT. PRIOR TO LANDING, HE WENT THROUGH THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST. IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. HE NOTIFIED ATC OF THIS PROBLEM, DISCONTINUED THE APPROACH, AND SPENT SEVERAL HOURS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE GEAR. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. HE ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY #9. THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. A MAINTENANACE INSPECTOR FROM THE MEM FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1UV (1)

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

- [Incident 19980917033049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980917033049I), Sep 17, 1998: Beech C90 (N1UV), Olive Branch, MS, Substantial damage. 1.Gear up landing 1 1/2 years ago by same owner in same aircraft. 2.pilot stated he landed a little rougher than normal, holding nose wheel off runway, as nose…

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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