19990703008049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerocd 100 · Bahamas · July 3, 1999

Date: July 3, 1999 · 15:10 local
Place: Bahamas
Airport: Marsh Harbour Abaco I
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: VNWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N577D
Reported as: Aerocd 100
People aboard: 8
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total500 in this make and model211 in the last 90 days

N577DRegistered now · Beech 100S/N B-22 Airframe modelBeech 100 Engine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HPTurbo-prop

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What happened

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Vintage props and jet charter acft landed gear up and sustained substantial damage, the pilot and 7 pax were not injured, other circumstances are unknown. (.23)while making a normal VFR approach in myam, the pilot became distracted while looking for a us air aircraft that had just reported approcimately 13 miles n.w. for landing. The us air floght was located on a two mile final and this aircraft followed in behind. The gear warning horn, which normally sounds intermittenyly, was mistaken for the stall worning horn which normally has a steady dound, however, the air was rougher than normal which caused the stall warning horn to sound intermittently. The pilot failed (forgot) to lower the landign gear and landed with the landing gear in the up and locked position.

As the FAA filed it

VINTAGE PROPS AND JET CHARTER ACFT LANDED GEAR UP AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT AND 7 PAX WERE NOT INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.23)WHILE MAKING A NORMAL VFR APPROACH IN MYAM, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE LOOKING FOR A US AIR AIRCRAFT THAT HAD JUST REPORTED APPROCIMATELY 13 MILES N.W. FOR LANDING. THE US AIR FLOGHT WAS LOCATED ON A TWO MILE FINAL AND THIS AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED IN BEHIND. THE GEAR WARNING HORN, WHICH NORMALLY SOUNDS INTERMITTENYLY, WAS MISTAKEN FOR THE STALL WORNING HORN WHICH NORMALLY HAS A STEADY DOUND, HOWEVER, THE AIR WAS ROUGHER THAN NORMAL WHICH CAUSED THE STALL WARNING HORN TO SOUND INTERMITTENTLY. THE PILOT FAILED (FORGOT) TO LOWER THE LANDIGN GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION.