# Incident 20030715016259I: Beech 58, Birmingham, AL, July 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2003, 00:05 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4174S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4174S-2014-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030715016259I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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