# Incident 20031016025749I: Beech B60, Fresno, CA, October 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2003, 16:06 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7766° N, 119.7188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL (FAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7766&lon=-119.7188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2770A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2770A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TIO-541 SERIE (registry code 17036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tio-541-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016025749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29L AT KFAT AFTER A VFR FLIGHT FROM KSBP. HE WAS ABLE TO SEE RUNWAY 29R, THE LARGER RUNWAY, AND HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING 29L VISUALLY. HE DID NOT ASK ATC FOR ASSISTANCE. HE STATED TO THE INVESTIGATOR THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF LINING UP WITH 29L, HE "FORGOT" TO LOWER THE GEAR. HE AND HIS PASSENGER WERE WEARING NOISE CANCELLING HEADSETS. THE PILOT DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING HORN. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONAL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON 29L WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. A CURRENT PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK AND AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST WAS OBSERVED IN THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE PILOT REPORTED HE DID NOT FOLLOW A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS OBSERVED IN THE UP POSITION DURING POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ON DUTY REPORTED THAT HE RECALLED LOOKING AT THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO LANDING AND DID NOT OBSERVE ANYTHING ABNORMAL. HE DID NOT GET A CLOSE ENOUGH VIEW TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT FLEW OVER THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THE CONTROLLER STATED HE WAS SCANNING DOWN FIELD FOR SURFACE TRAFFIC AND DID NOT OBSERVE THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION.

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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