# Incident 20020717019669I: Beech 65A90, Palatka, FL, July 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2002
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Kay Larkin Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6501° N, 81.6719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palatka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6501&lon=-81.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N623AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N623AW-2005-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020717019669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. TWO FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTORS WERE ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. PIC STATED THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED 4 FULL STOP LANDINGS PRIOR TO INCIDENT AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR. AFTER LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN, THIS ACTION CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLERS, AND LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N623AW (1)

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

- [Accident 19890116001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890116001249A), Jan 16, 1989: Beech 65A90 (N623AW), Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. CFI inadvertently retracted the landing gear on a touch and go.

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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