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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Merritt Island, FL · August 28, 2008

Date: August 28, 2008 · 15:50 local
Place: Merritt Island, FL
Airport: Merritt Island
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34MR
Reported as: Beech A45
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total950 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N34MRRegistered now · Beech A45S/N G-39 · Built 1952 Airframe modelBeech A45 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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 had returned from a local flight and on his first landing on runway 11 at the Merritt Island Airport (coi) the aircraft was landed gear-up. The pilot indicated he placed the gear and flaps down at the same time and failed to check the gear indicator. He stated that he never heard the gear unsafe horn. Once the aircraft was raised by the forklift the pilot indicated the gear handle was still down at which time he turned on the master switch and the gear failed to extend (the aircraft has electric gear). After further inspection the pilot found the gear motor circuit breaker popped. Once the circuit breaker was pushed in the gear extended without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD RETURNED FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT AND ON HIS FIRST LANDING ON RUNWAY 11 AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR-UP. THE PILOT INDICATED HE PLACED THE GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN AT THE SAME TIME AND FAILED TO CHECK THE GEAR INDICATOR. HE STATED THAT HE NEVER HEARD THE GEAR UNSAFE HORN. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED BY THE FORKLIFT THE PILOT INDICATED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS STILL DOWN AT WHICH TIME HE TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH AND THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND (THE AIRCRAFT HAS ELECTRIC GEAR). AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION THE PILOT FOUND THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. ONCE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSHED IN THE GEAR EXTENDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Other reports on N34MR · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20030221037769IForced Landing · Cocoa, FL(-23) Beechcraft A45, N34MR while on personal flight, over ran runway while landing at Merritt Island Airport, Florida. VMC conditions existed and no flight plan was filed. The airplanes nose gear collapsed after leaving the runway and encountering a drainage…Feb 21, 2003 · Minor damage Incident 19971027042429ILevel Off Touchdown · Cocoa, FLNarrative: pilot reported he doesn't remember putting the gear down. Damage to the aircraft indicates he may have tried to put the gear down when it was too late. Unable to retrieve block 31 information from pilot.Oct 27, 1997 · Minor damage