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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Greensboro, NC · January 11, 2000

Date: January 11, 2000 · 01:25 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N500DW
Reported as: Beech 200BEECH
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total3,500 in this make and model55 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.

Pilot picked up aircraft at eagle, aviation in columbia, the pilot attempted to bring up the gear. The gear cycled approximately 1/2 of the way toeards the up position then stoppped. Emergency procedures were followed with no avail. The gear would not move neither up nor down. The pilot flew off excess fule then landed at gso with the gear in the half way. A follow-up investigation revealed masking tape had been left on the nose geat actuator shaft at the paint shop, causing the actutor to jam during the retract process. Major damage occured to props, engines, flaps, geardoors, and retract mechanisms.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PICKED UP AIRCRAFT AT EAGLE, AVIATION IN COLUMBIA, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO BRING UP THE GEAR. THE GEAR CYCLED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF THE WAY TOEARDS THE UP POSITION THEN STOPPPED. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED WITH NO AVAIL. THE GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE NEITHER UP NOR DOWN. THE PILOT FLEW OFF EXCESS FULE THEN LANDED AT GSO WITH THE GEAR IN THE HALF WAY. A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION REVEALED MASKING TAPE HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE NOSE GEAT ACTUATOR SHAFT AT THE PAINT SHOP, CAUSING THE ACTUTOR TO JAM DURING THE RETRACT PROCESS. MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURED TO PROPS, ENGINES, FLAPS, GEARDOORS, AND RETRACT MECHANISMS.