20091218053379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E-90 · Little Rock, AR · December 18, 2009

Date: December 18, 2009 · 14:18 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55HC
Reported as: Beech E-90
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N55HCRegistered now · Beech E-90S/N LW-134 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBeech E-90 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On December 18, 2009,at approximately 1418 hours central daylight time, a Beech E-90, serial number D-LW-134, N55HC airplane, received minor damage when it landed with the gear up at Little Rock international airport, Little Rock, Arkansas. The airplane was registered to friedrich aircraft services inc, 3511 silverside rd ste 105, wilmington de. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed. The flight originated from searcy, Arkansas at, approximately 1235 hours. The pilot was receiving recurrency training when he discovered the gear did not fully extend. Emergency procedures were attemtped per the airplane flight manual and via a phone patch with the directror of maintenance at central flying service. Once it was determined that the gear was not going to extend the pilot decided to divert to the Little Rock airport because they have longer runways and are better equipped to handle an emergency gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 18, 2009,AT APPROXIMATELY 1418 HOURS CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH E-90, SERIAL NUMBER D-LW-134, N55HC AIRPLANE, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AT LITTLE ROCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO FRIEDRICH AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC, 3511 SILVERSIDE RD STE 105, WILMINGTON DE. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SEARCY, ARKANSAS AT, APPROXIMATELY 1235 HOURS. THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING RECURRENCY TRAINING WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE ATTEMTPED PER THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL AND VIA A PHONE PATCH WITH THE DIRECTROR OF MAINTENANCE AT CENTRAL FLYING SERVICE. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT GOING TO EXTEND THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO THE LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY HAVE LONGER RUNWAYS AND ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING.