# Accident 20090228005849A: Beech B24R, Detroit, MI, February 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9152S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9152S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090228005849A

## Narrative

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

ON 29 FEB. 2009 AIRCRAFT N9152S DEPARTED WILLOW RUN AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ALL THREE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS "OFF" INDICATING PROPER GEAR RETRACTION.  PILOT STATES DUE TO CONSIDERABLE DOWNTIME OF AIRCRAFT HE ELECTED TO RE-CYCLE LANDING GEAR - NOSE LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING EXTENSION.  PILOT PERFORMED SATISFACTORY PUSH BUTTON TEST ON NOSE LANDING GEAR BULB - PILOT PERFORMED ANOTHER RETRACTION/EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR WITH SAME RESULTS.  TOWER FLY-BY CONFIRMED GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.  PILOT PERFORMED AN "EMERGENCY DROP" OF LANDING GEAR - STILL NO ILLUMINATION OF LIGHT CONFIRMING NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.  ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN APPROACH PATTERN REPORTED TO PILOT HIS GEAR SEEMED TO BE IN THE "DOWN" POSITION - DURING LANDING NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR.  AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS WERE DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND PERFORMED A VISIBLE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT.  NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.  DAMAGE IS EVIDENT TO ENGINE PROPELLER, COWLING AND EXHAUST.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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