# Incident 19990918029239I: Beech B24R, Houston, TX, September 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6980R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6980R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,980 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918029239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD NO INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT OF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. HE ALSO STATED NORMAL, EMERGENCY AND NUMEROUS OTHER PROCEDURES WERE EXECUTED WITH OUT DESIRED RESULTS.  AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FOR OVER TWO HOURS IN PREPARATION FOR A REDUCED FUEL LANDING.  HE STATED THE ENGINE WAS SECURED ON SHORT FINAL AND A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 35L.  THERE WAS A MINIMUM DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF AIRCRAFT.  LEFT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK MECHANISM WORN BEYOND MANUFACTURES LIMITATIONS ALLOWING THE GEAR TO HANG.  REPLACEMENT PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED.

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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