# Incident 20080828855689I: Beech A45, Merritt Island, FL, August 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2008, 15:50 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A45 (registry code 1152006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 950 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828855689I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20030221037769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030221037769I), Feb 21, 2003: Beech A45 (N34MR), Cocoa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Beechcraft A45, N34MR while on personal flight, over ran runway while landing at Merritt Island Airport, Florida. VMC conditions existed and no flight…
- [Incident 19971027042429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971027042429I), Oct 27, 1997: Beech A45 (N34MR), Cocoa, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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