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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Birmingham, AL · July 15, 2003

Date: July 15, 2003 · 00:05 local
Place: Birmingham, AL
Airport: Birmingham Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FPIA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4174S
Reported as: Beech 58
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,900 total500 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N4174SRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2014 · Beech 58S/N TH-621 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On July 15, 2003, at 0019 dst, N4174S landed at the Birmingham international airport gear up. The pilot reported attempting to put the gear down before landing and hearing a metallic sound followed by an odor of something burning. After the gear failed to extend the pilot executed the manual gear extension checklist and was unable to lower the gear manually (see pilot statement). After failing to extend the gear the pilot made a gear up landing with no injuries and causing minor damage to the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2003, AT 0019 DST, N4174S LANDED AT THE BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GEAR UP. THE PILOT REPORTED ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING AND HEARING A METALLIC SOUND FOLLOWED BY AN ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. AFTER THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND THE PILOT EXECUTED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY (SEE PILOT STATEMENT). AFTER FAILING TO EXTEND THE GEAR THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING WITH NO INJURIES AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.