# Accident 20091030050749A: Beriev Airc BE-103, Miami, FL, October 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Watson Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7817° N, 80.1767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7817&lon=-80.1767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beriev BE-103 (registry code 05615W5, https://openairdocs.org/model/beriev-be-103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BERIEV AIRC BE-103
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091030050749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM KOPF WITH 2 PASSENGERS. AFTER TAKE OFF, PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP HANDLE. PILOT GOT INTRANSIT INDICATION FOLLOWED BY TWO UP AND ONE INTRANSIT. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AND GOT THREE UP INDICATION. (PILOT STATES) OWNER OF AIRCRAFT WAS DOING A PRE BUY FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT. ATTEMPTED TO SHOW BUYERS HOW THE AIRCRAFT CAN LAND ON WATER. PILOT WAS UNAWARE THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD HUNG UP AND STAYED IN THE DOWN POSITION. UPON TOUCH DOWN IN THE WATER, THE HUNG GEAR CAUSED DRAG AND MADE THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING CONTACT THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE AN ABRUPT STOP. BOTH PASSENGERS AND PILOT WERE UNINJURED. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE GOT NO WARNING LIGHTS IN COCKPIT OF GEAR DOWN/IN TRANSIT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA042), Oct 30, 2009: Beriev BE-103 (N13KL), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A malfunction of the landing gear retraction/extension and indication system for undetermined reasons, which resulted in one or more components being improperly positioned for the water landing.

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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