20040115012499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Orlando, FL · January 15, 2004

Date: January 15, 2004 · 12:55 local
Place: Orlando, FL
Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N19MC
Reported as: Beech 95B55
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N19MCRegistration cancelled May 12, 2005 · Beech B-55S/N TC1646 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech B-55 Engine modelContinental IO-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft landed with its gear up on runway 25 at the Orlando Executive Airport, FL. Pilot revealed that he failed to extend landing gear. He also stated that he did not hear the gear warning horn. Inspection of aircraft revealed damage to both propellers, flaps, and to the belly of the aircraft. Gear extension and retraction test was performed. Gear extended and retracted normally, with the correct gear indication. Gear warning horn did not sound when gear was up and throttles were fully retarded. Only when rearward pressure was applied to the throttles, in the fully retarded position, would the warning horn sound.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ITS GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FL. PILOT REVEALED THAT HE FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, FLAPS, AND TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED. GEAR EXTENDED AND RETRACTED NORMALLY, WITH THE CORRECT GEAR INDICATION. GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND WHEN GEAR WAS UP AND THROTTLES WERE FULLY RETARDED. ONLY WHEN REARWARD PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE THROTTLES, IN THE FULLY RETARDED POSITION, WOULD THE WARNING HORN SOUND.