# Incident 20030810031049I: Beech B90, Louisa, VA, August 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2003, 19:45 local time
- Place: Louisa, VA
- Airport: Louisa County/Freeman Field Ap
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0098° N, 77.9701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FLD (LKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0098&lon=-77.9701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N394AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N394AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 80 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810031049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 EST, JAMES HEIVILIN, PIC OF N394AL, A KING AIR BE-90, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RUNWAY 27, AT LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN AIRPORT (LKU). MR. HEIVILIN ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT EARLY THAT MORNING AND AFTER WEATHER DELAYS WAS ABLE TO START FLYING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT MR. HEIVILIN WAS ON HIS NINTH FLIGHT OF THE EVENING. EACH FLIGHT COMPRISED OF A DEPARTURE WITH A CLIMB TO 13,500 FOR THE DROP, WITH A MAXIMUM RATE DESCENT TO A LANDING. DURING THE MISHAP LANDING, THE FLAPS WERE IN THE LANDING POSITION WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 27 ON CENTERLINE AND SKIDDED ON THE TURNING PROPS UNTIL MR. HEIVILIN PUSHED LEFT RUDDER TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLERS WERE TURNING THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED PROPELLER, LOWER NACELLE, AND FLAP DAMAGE. MR. HEIVILIN WAS NOT INJURED.

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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