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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Estherville, IA · March 20, 2001

Date
March 20, 2001 · 17:15 local
Place
Estherville, IA
Airport
Estherville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GLBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18351
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,200 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) Pilot stated that the gear horn warning was out of adjustment. The horn warning would sound as soon as power was brought back during descent. The pilot stated that he pulled the gear warning circuit breaker to silence the horn and forgot to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR HORN WARNING WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THE HORN WARNING WOULD SOUND AS SOON AS POWER WAS BROUGHT BACK DURING DESCENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED THE GEAR WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO SILENCE THE HORN AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N18351 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.