# Incident 20060517007589I: Beech E18S, Hammond, LA, May 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Airport: Hammond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18LK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18LK-2023-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060517007589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT (NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED) FROM FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA (FPR) TO TYLER, TEXAS (TYR) AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. PILOT HAD PLANNED A FUEL STOP AT MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI (MCB) BUT ON ARRIVAL AT MCCOMB, COULD NOT GET HIS MAIN LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. HE ORBITED THE FIELD AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE LOCAL UNICOM FACILITY. MCCOMB UNICOM SUGGESTED THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO GOT TO HAMMOND, LA AS THEY HAD A LOCAL CRASH CREW ON DUTY SO THE PILOT DIVERTED TO HAMMOND, LA. ON ARRIVAL AT HAMMOND, THE PILOT LOWERED HIS FLAPS TO FULL DOWN BUT COULD NOT GET THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND SO MADE HIS APPROACH IN THAT CONFIGURATION. ON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT SECURED BOTH ENGINES AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THAT PORTION OF THE MAIN WHEELS WHICH PROTRUDED BELOW THE WHEEL WELLS. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS AS WELL AS TO BOTH PROPS. PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH LIGHT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.

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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