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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E33A · Dexter, MO · May 25, 2005

Date: May 25, 2005 · 13:15 local
Place: Dexter, MO
Airport: Dexter Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N249Y
Reported as: Beech E33A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total13 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N249YRegistered now · Beech E33AS/N CE-282 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBeech E33A Engine modelContinental IO-520 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) The pilot of N249Y called this office to report a gear-up landing. He stated that he experienced inflight failure of the landing gear system and emergency gear extension system upon arrival at Dexter airport. He stated that after cycling the gear twice, the gear extension indicator lights were not illuminated. He said he complied with the instructions in the flight manual, but the gear down indicators were still not lit. He pulled the landing gear c/b and attempted to manually extend the gear, but he said the emergency gear extension handle would not turn. He landed the airplane on the runway on the belly with the gear still in the well.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF N249Y CALLED THIS OFFICE TO REPORT A GEAR-UP LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED INFLIGHT FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM UPON ARRIVAL AT DEXTER AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR TWICE, THE GEAR EXTENSION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. HE SAID HE COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL, BUT THE GEAR DOWN INDICATORS WERE STILL NOT LIT. HE PULLED THE LANDING GEAR C/B AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR, BUT HE SAID THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WOULD NOT TURN. HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY ON THE BELLY WITH THE GEAR STILL IN THE WELL.