# Incident 20080205011159I: Beech 76, Burlington, VT, February 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,700 total, 195 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205011159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND WAS FLYING FROM KCEF (WESTOVER ARB METROPOLITAN) TO BURLINGTON, VT (BTV), WAS GIVEN AND ACCEPTED THE VOR 1 APPROACH TO BTV. PIC LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES WELL BEFORE THE VOR, CROSSED THE VOR AT ABOUT 2700 FEET, REALIZED THAT HE WAS "BEHIND" THE AIRPLANE AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. PIC STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME OF DESCENDING TO A LOWER ALTITUDE, EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES AND THEN FULL FLAPS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED AND NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO LOWER THE GEAR. PIC WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS, REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH TO MAKE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 1, REQUESTED TO CIRCLE AND LAND ON RUNWAY 15. TOWER CLEARED HIM FOR RUNWAY 15. WHILE CIRCLING TO RUNWAY 15 THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO DESCEND TO A LOWER ALTITUDE OF WHICH HE STATED TO BE AT CIRCLING MINIMUMS (860'). PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS AND THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RUNWAY 15. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE WHOLE SEQUENCE NEITHER HE NOR HIS PASSENGER, WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE, HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES A LOT OF TRAINING IN THE AIRPLANE AND WHEN THE FLAPS ARE EXTENDED MORE THAN ABOUT TWENTY DEGREES OR THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE OR THROTTLES ARE RETARDED BELOW 14 INCHES, THE GEAR HORN USUALLY SOUNDS. HOWEVER, GEAR HORN MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN SCREAMING AT US AND WE WERE BOTH TOO BUSY AND DISTRACTED TO HEAR IT. I CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT CONTACT ARROW AT THE BURLINGTON AIRPORT (802-450-2376); ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSPECTED THE LANDING SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM. WHEN THEY RAISED THE AIRCRAFT WITH TWO FRONT END LOADERS THEY WERE ABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR BY ACTIVATING THE GEAR HANDLE. I SPOKE TO THE BURLINGTON CONTROL TOWER CONTROLLER AND HE STATED THAT THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS THAT THE CEILING WAS AT LEAST 2000 FEET AS HE REMEMBERS.

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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