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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Abilene, TX · March 10, 2010

Date
March 10, 2010 · 11:00 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Abilene Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N77KA
Reported as
Beech D55
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total150 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot and single occupant of N77KA, on a VFR flight from wea to abi, attempted two times to land on runway 35R at Abilene Regional Airport due to gusty conditions. On the second landing attempt, the aircraft settled down to the runway with the landing gear retracted and both propellers contacted the runway. The pilot added power and executed a go around. The pilot asked the tower for permission to land on taxiway mike. The tower informed him to exercise his own discretion. The pilot landed on taxiway without further incident. There was damage to the tips of both propellers, and to the fuselage step,. There was no injury. The pilot stated he forgot to lower the landing gear .

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT AND SINGLE OCCUPANT OF N77KA, ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM WEA TO ABI, ATTEMPTED TWO TIMES TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35R AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO GUSTY CONDITIONS.ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND. THE PILOT ASKED THE TOWER FOR PERMISSION TO LAND ON TAXIWAY MIKE. THE TOWER INFORMED HIM TO EXERCISE HIS OWN DISCRETION. THE PILOT LANDED ON TAXIWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE TIPS OF BOTH PROPELLERS, AND TO THE FUSELAGE STEP,. THERE WAS NO INJURY. THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR .