# Incident 19990703008049I: Aerocd 100, Bahamas, July 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1999, 15:10 local time
- Place: Bahamas
- Airport: Marsh Harbour Abaco I
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VNWA
- Aircraft: N577D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N577D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 100 (registry code 1152916, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (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: AEROCD 100
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703008049I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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