19990205015999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Pontiac, MI · February 5, 1999

Date
February 5, 1999 · 17:06 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4450W
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,526 total6 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

(-5)Aircraft took off from pontic enroute to jackson could not lower gear at jackson. Returned to Pontiac. Could not lower geat at Pontiac. Landed gear up on runway 9L. Aircraft skid on belly off runway. Minor damage to aircraft. 3 persons on board. On injuries. No fire. Pilot tried to manually lower gear. Hand crank appeared to de disconnected - no resistance.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM PONTIC ENROUTE TO JACKSON COULD NOT LOWER GEAR AT JACKSON. RETURNED TO PONTIAC. COULD NOT LOWER GEAT AT PONTIAC. LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 9L. AIRCRAFT SKID ON BELLY OFF RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. 3 PERSONS ON BOARD. ON INJURIES. NO FIRE. PILOT TRIED TO MANUALLY LOWER GEAR. HAND CRANK APPEARED TO DE DISCONNECTED - NO RESISTANCE.