# Incident 20100909050939I: Beech B-55, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2010, 00:10 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N822BE-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100909050939I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/9/2010 SUBJECT AIRMAN STATED, A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 WAS STARTED AND THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ACTIVATE VIA THE PROPER RADIO FREQUENCY, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING AFTER A MISSED APPROACH IT WAS NOTICED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS OF RUNWAY 15 WERE ILLUMINATED AND THE AIRMAN DECIDED TO LAND ON THAT RUNWAY. WHILE LANDING SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 15 THE AIRCARFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND SWAYED LEFT TO RIGHT BEFORE STOPPING AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE AND THEN BRAVO, WHILE ON TAXIWAY BRAVO THE AIRMAN STATED SHE COULD NO LONGER TAXI THE AIRCRAFT AS IT BECAME HARD TO CONTROL SO SHE TAXIED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS SHUT BOTH ENGINES DOWN AND WENT HOME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS FROM GROUND STRIKES, THE RIGHT PROP WAS NOTED TO BE IN THE FULL FEATHER POSITION AND THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLAT WITH THE TIRE STILL ON THE RIM.THE PILOT WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD FEATHERED THE RIGHT PROP AND STATED, SHE WAS UNAWARE THE PROP WAS IN THE FEATHER POSITION AND DID NOT KNOW HOW IT GOT TO BE IN THE FEATHER POSITION.

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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