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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B24R · Bullhead City, AZ · September 19, 2000

Date
September 19, 2000 · 11:00 local
Place
Bullhead City, AZ
Airport
Sun Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2505W
Reported as
Beech B24R
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total50 in this make and model24 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)While conducting a maintenance flight, the down limit switch wire was shevered causing the indication to indicate wheels locked and down, when actually the wheels were not completely extended. Aircraft landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)WHILE CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT, THE DOWN LIMIT SWITCH WIRE WAS SHEVERED CAUSING THE INDICATION TO INDICATE WHEELS LOCKED AND DOWN, WHEN ACTUALLY THE WHEELS WERE NOT COMPLETELY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.