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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Rapid City, SD · September 28, 2007

Date: September 28, 2007 · 22:52 local
Place: Rapid City, SD
Airport: Rapid City Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: TIMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4381Y
Reported as: Beech 99
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,115 total3,528 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

N4381YRegistration cancelled Jan 16, 2023 · Beech 99S/N U-71 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBeech 99 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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 privacy data omitted flew a BE-99 aircraft, N4381Y, from rap to pir when he discovered he had a gear-down warning indication. The pilot privacy data omitted then flew the aircraft back to Rapid City and verified that the nose gear was not extended. He made an emergency landing at rap on rwy 14 causing minor damage to the aircraft. The pilot escaped without injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW A BE-99 AIRCRAFT, N4381Y, FROM RAP TO PIR WHEN HE DISCOVERED HE HAD A GEAR-DOWN WARNING INDICATION. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO RAPID CITY AND VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT RAP ON RWY 14 CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.