# Incident 20090321011579I: Beech F90, Athens, GA, March 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2009, 17:10 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens/Ben Epps
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090321011579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT SHOWED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT MAIN GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.  GEAR IN TRANSIT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED.  HE ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR AND LOCAL ATC WAS NOTIFIED TO REQUEST A FLY BY.  HE WAS APPROVED AND AHN TOWER PERSONNEL, SARAJANE WOOD AND ANOTHER CONTROLLER VISUALLY CONFIRMED THAT ALL GEAR APPEARED DOWN.  A SECOND FLY BY WAS REQUESTED AND THERE APPEARED TO BE NO CHANGE.  THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND EXPERIENCED EXTREME RESISTANCE.  IT APPEARED TO HIM THAT THE MECHANISM WAS AGAINST THE MECHANICAL STOPS.  HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RW09 AND NORMAL APPROACH WAS MADE.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE REALIZED THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE.  AT THIS POINT, HE ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  IT RESTED ON IT'S UNDERSIDE WITH THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED.  NO POST LANDING FIRE OR FUEL LEAKAGE.  MINIMAL SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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