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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Teterboro, NJ · February 10, 1998

Date: February 10, 1998 · 19:24 local
Place: Teterboro, NJ
Airport: Teterboro
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N903GP
Reported as: Beech C90
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25 total1,568 in this make and model

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: while attempting to land on runway 19 at Teterboro Airport, Mr. Myers failed to have the gear in down and locked position. The aircraft landed with gear up causing minor damage. Weather was not a factor in this incident. Very clear prop strikes on the runway indicate that the gear was not down when the aircraft contacted the runway. For a distance of 37 ft. only the right prop struck the runway. While doing so, the prop strikes did not widen which indicated that the prop was striking the runway while the engine remained about the same distance from the runway. With both engines producing power, this could not have happened if the nose gear failed first as Mr. Myers has stated.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19 AT TETERBORO AIRPORT, MR. MYERS FAILED TO HAVE THE GEAR IN DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR UP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT. VERY CLEAR PROP STRIKES ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. FOR A DISTANCE OF 37 FT. ONLY THE RIGHT PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. WHILE DOING SO, THE PROP STRIKES DID NOT WIDEN WHICH INDICATED THAT THE PROP WAS STRIKING THE RUNWAY WHILE THE ENGINE REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE RUNWAY. WITH BOTH ENGINES PRODUCING POWER, THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE NOSE GEAR FAILED FIRST AS MR. MYERS HAS STATED.