# Incident 20091218053379I: Beech E-90, Little Rock, AR, December 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2009, 14:18 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- 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/20091218053379I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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