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FAA incident report · Beech B60 · Okeechobee, FL · May 2, 2002

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Date
May 2, 2002 · 10:00 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Airport
Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1820M
Reported as
Beech B60
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total25 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Roy bolling was assigned by aircraft training management as the instructor fo rthe "duke initial training course", for Mr. Jefferson vander wolk. On may 2, 2002, they were scheduled to do airwork and landing practice at the Okeechobee airport (obe). On the fourth landing at obe, during a single engine approach with airspeed covered, they touched down with the gear retracted. The gear handle was stated to have been down, but it was never confirmed to have three green. When the aircraft settled onto the runway he took control from Mr. Vander wolk while adding full power. Mr. Bolling climbed the aircraft back to altitude and Mr. Vander wolk got out of his seat to lower the gear manually. It took them about 5 minutes to extend the landing gear, at that time Mr. Bolling decided the aircraft "was uncontrollable" and would fly it the 35 miles back to vero beach for maintenance. Upon arrival at vero beach he asked the tower for a fly-by to confirm the gear was locked down. Once the gear appeared to be down he landed uneventfully.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ROY BOLLING WAS ASSIGNED BY AIRCRAFT TRAINING MANAGEMENT AS THE INSTRUCTOR FO RTHE "DUKE INITIAL TRAINING COURSE", FOR MR. JEFFERSON VANDER WOLK. ON MAY 2, 2002, THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO DO AIRWORK AND LANDING PRACTICE AT THE OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT (OBE). ON THE FOURTH LANDING AT OBE, DURING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH WITH AIRSPEED COVERED, THEY TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS STATED TO HAVE BEEN DOWN, BUT IT WAS NEVER CONFIRMED TO HAVE THREE GREEN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY HE TOOK CONTROL FROM MR. VANDER WOLK WHILE ADDING FULL POWER. MR. BOLLING CLIMBED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO ALTITUDE AND MR. VANDER WOLK GOT OUT OF HIS SEAT TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY. IT TOOK THEM ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, AT THAT TIME MR. BOLLING DECIDED THE AIRCRAFT "WAS UNCONTROLLABLE" AND WOULD FLY IT THE 35 MILES BACK TO VERO BEACH FOR MAINTENANCE. UPON ARRIVAL AT VERO BEACH HE ASKED THE TOWER FOR A FLY-BY TO CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN. ONCE THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN HE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.