20070707017029I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B90 · Yuma, AZ · July 7, 2007

Date: July 7, 2007 · 08:20 local
Place: Yuma, AZ
Airport: Yuma Mcas/Yuma International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N767LD
Reported as: Beech B90
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total600 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) This was on an instructional flight with a planned landing at kyum airport. The air traffic control tower was closed at the time of the incident. The PIC reports that there were two other aircraft reported on CTAF that were also landing at kyum. One aircraft was landing on a crossing runway. Both pilots believe that the pilot flying called for the landing gear to be extended, but cannot confirm that they saw three green lights indicating the gear was in a down and locked condition. The pilots also do not recall hearing a gear warning horn indicating an unsafe gear condition. The aircraft was reported to have skidded approximately 150 yards before coming to rest on the centerline of runway 08. There was damage to both propellers and inboard flaps and a small hole in the right side of the nose. There are no known causal factors at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A PLANNED LANDING AT KYUM AIRPORT. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PIC REPORTS THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED ON CTAF THAT WERE ALSO LANDING AT KYUM. ONE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON A CROSSING RUNWAY. BOTH PILOTS BELIEVE THAT THE PILOT FLYING CALLED FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO BE EXTENDED, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM THAT THEY SAW THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING THE GEAR WAS IN A DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION. THE PILOTS ALSO DO NOT RECALL HEARING A GEAR WARNING HORN INDICATING AN UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 08. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND INBOARD FLAPS AND A SMALL HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE. THERE ARE NO KNOWN CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.