# Incident 20100310028909I: Beech D55, Abilene, TX, March 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100310028909I

## Narrative

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

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 .

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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