# Incident 20020304022749I: Beech B50, Ketchikan, AK, March 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2002, 15:49 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N308B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B50 (registry code 1152506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B50
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 6 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020304022749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) I SELECTED GEAR DOWN, RECEIVED INDICATION LIGHT FOR GEAR DOWN AND FELT THE AERODYNAMIC CHANGE. ON THE FLARE, I FELT THE PROPS STRIKE THE GROUND AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND WHILE ON GO-AROUND TOWER ADVISED THAT MY GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. I TRIED RECYCLING THE GEAR SWITCH AND FELT THE GEAR DROP A LITTLE FURTHER. I THEN PROCEEDED TO PERFORM THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AT WHICH POINT I FELT THE GEAR FALL ALL THE WAY DOWN, REQUESTED THE TOWER TO CONFIRM THAT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LANDED THE PLANE SAFELY. THIS IS THE EVENT TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY.

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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