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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · San Juan, Puerto Rico · August 17, 2000

Date
August 17, 2000 · 19:15 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
San Juan/Puerto Rico International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FIUA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N52A
Reported as
Beech E18S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total180 in this make and model170 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.

(-23)On August 17, 2000, at approximately 1915, pilot privacy data omitted , at luis munoz marin airport, failed to follow the before landing checklist and landed a twin engine airplane, BE-18 (N52A), with the landing gear in the up position. This airplane belongs to mbd corp., an on demand cargo operation that operates under part 135 of the federal aviation regulations. privacy data omitted After realizing that he forgot to lower the landing gear added power to the airplane and went around the pattern at the airport, knowing that he had damage both propellers on his first attempt. During the course of the investigation and the interview conducted to privacy data omitted in our office, he stated and admitted to this office that he forgot to select the landing gear down on airplane N52A.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON AUGUST 17, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1915, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , AT LUIS MUNOZ MARIN AIRPORT, FAILED TO FOLLOW THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED A TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE, BE-18 (N52A), WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THIS AIRPLANE BELONGS TO MBD CORP., AN ON DEMAND CARGO OPERATION THAT OPERATES UNDER PART 135 OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA^ AFTER REALIZING THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ADDED POWER TO THE AIRPLANE AND WENT AROUND THE PATTERN AT THE AIRPORT, KNOWING THAT HE HAD DAMAGE BOTH PROPELLERS ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION AND THE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IN OUR OFFICE, HE STATED AND ADMITTED TO THIS OFFICE THAT HE FORGOT TO SELECT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN ON AIRPLANE N52A.