# Incident 20000111002509I: Beech 200BEECH, Greensboro, NC, January 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2000, 01:25 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500DW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000111002509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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