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FAA incident report · Beech 65-A90 · Vandalia, IL · August 30, 1997

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Date
August 30, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place
Vandalia, IL
Airport
Vandalia Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18LP
Reported as
Beech 65A90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,380 total750 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days
N18LPRegistration cancelled Nov 2, 1998 · Beech 65-A90S/N LJ278Airframe modelBeech 65-A90

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while landing at the Vandalia Municipal Airport, Vandalia, Illinois the appropriately certificated commercial pilot, while making a no flap landing, touched down approximately 300 feet short of runway 18. The initial touchdown was in a soybean field. The aircraft then traveled across a road, through a ditch, where the main gear separated from the aircraft, through a chain link fence and then became airborne as the engines spooled-up. The pilot then flew the aircraft for approximately 800 feet further and after noting no further gear down indications, cut power and fuel and bellied the aircraft in along the east side of the runway, skidding to a stop on the west edge of runway 18 approximately 2300 feet from the initial impact. The commercial pilot with a first class medical dated 7/8/97, and the two passengers were not injured. The flight originated at the Vandalia Municipal Airport for the purpose of skydiving . This incident is closed with this report. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT THE VANDALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VANDALIA, ILLINOIS THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHILE MAKING A NO FLAP LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 18. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED ACROSS A ROAD, THROUGH A DITCH, WHERE THE MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AS THE ENGINES SPOOLED-UP. THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FURTHER AND AFTER NOTING NO FURTHER GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS, CUT POWER AND FUEL AND BELLIED THE AIRCRAFT IN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, SKIDDING TO A STOP ON THE WEST EDGE OF RUNWAY 18 APPROXIMATELY 2300 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH A FIRST CLASS MEDICAL DATED 7/8/97, AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE VANDALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SKYDIVING . THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N18LP · 1

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Incident 19970524014459IParachute Jumping · Vandalia, ILNarrative: parachute jumper received fatal injuries on may 24, 1997, at 6 pm after experiencing difficulty with pilot chute bridle being wrapped around the jumper's leg. This incident is closed with this report.May 24, 1997 · 1 fatal