# Incident 20031012026929I: Beech 65A90, Pell City, AL, October 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2003, 12:16 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Airport: St Clair County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5588° N, 86.2491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY (PLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5588&lon=-86.2491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UE-2021-07-03) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031012026929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 2003, N100UE A BEECH KING AIR SUSTAINED A GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING AT THE PELL CITY, ALABAMA AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER AND ON LEFT DOWNWIND NOTICED NO GREEN LIGHTS. THE PILOT VISUALLY CHECKED THE NOSE GEAR WITH MIRROR ATTACHED TO LEFT ENGINE AND DETERMINED IT WAS DOWN. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE AIRPORT AND REQUESTED A LOW PASS WITH VISUAL INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR POSITION. FBO PERSONNEL RELAYED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL LANDING GEAR RECYCLES ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THREE GREEN LIGHTS UNTIL HE NOTED A BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT. HE REPORTED THE SMELL TO THE FBO, PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS TO THE LANDING GEAR, RELEASED THE MANUAL HAND PUMP AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY PUMP DOWN THE GEAR. AFTER MANUALLY PUMPING THE GEAR THE PILOT STILL DID NOT HAVE A LIGHT INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED BY GROUND OBSERVERS THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 3000' BEFORE THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED 254 FEET DOWN RUNWAY WITH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N100UE (3)

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

- [Incident 20110930022159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930022159I), Sep 30, 2011: Beech 65-A90 (N100UE), Perkasie, PA, Minor damage. Shortly after landing on rwy 26 all three landing gear collapsed and aircraft skided to a stop approximatly 250 yards down the rwy. There was no fire.
- [Incident 20070811014349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070811014349I), Aug 11, 2007: Beech 65A90 (N100UE), Perkasie, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that while attempting to put the gear down for landing, he selected "down" but did not get any "green lights" indicating a "down and…
- [Incident 19970520022169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970520022169I), May 20, 1997: Beech 65A90 (N100UE), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. Main gear collapsed on landing roll. Aft fuselage scraped runway. Replaced main gear. Acuators and drag braces.

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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