# Incident 20050606012849I: Beech A65, Orlando, FL, June 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2005, 17:04 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60NK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60NK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A65 (registry code 1152803, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050606012849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED MARSH HARBOR, BAHAMAS TO FORT PIERCE, FL (KFPR). ON DOWNWIND AT FPR, PLACED GEAR DOWN AND HEARD GEAR MOTOR QUIT. REQUESTED A FLY-BY FROM THE TOWER TO CONFIRM - "GEAR NOT DOWN." DECLARED EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED TO CONTINUE TO ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (KORL) AS DESTINATION (BASE); ATC COMMUNICATED WITH US CUSTOMS ARRIVING AT ORL, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE WAS BOUND-UP (COULD NOT MOVE 2"). CIRCLED TO THE NORTH, WHILE COMMUNICATING WITH MAINTENANCE FOR TROUBLE-SHOOT INSTRUCTIONS. AGAIN, REQUESTED A FLY-BY FROM THE ORL TOWER - "GEAR NOT DOWN." PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31, WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON LANDING GEAR, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED, AND PILOT UTILIZED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.

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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