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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-A33 · Williston, FL · October 15, 2010

Date
October 15, 2010 · 16:45 local
Place
Williston, FL
Airport
Williston Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N378Z
Reported as
Beech 35-A33
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
375 total10 in this make and model25 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 PIC while conducting a pleasure flight failed to extend his landing gear. He stated that he was unsure of the gear light indication at the time of touchdown. The aircraft's lower antenna and gear doors struck the ground first, the pilot retarded the power that's when the propeller struck the ground and the aircraft came to a stop on RUNWAY5. The PIC indicated he was unaware of the speed at the time of the incident. Structural damage was minimal confined to gear doors, antenna's and skin. The significant damage was to the propeller blades. Further inpection determined the landing gear has a recurring a.d. 2007-08-08 that covers possible seizure of the uplock roller & complied with on 10/30/2009. I also was informed that the same pilot flew the aircraft the day before and landed without incident. Since then and because of this incident, the aircraft was put on jacks and completed a retraction / extension check without defect.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC WHILE CONDUCTING A PLEASURE FLIGHT FAILED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF THE GEAR LIGHT INDICATION AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT'S LOWER ANTENNA AND GEAR DOORS STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST, THE PILOT RETARDED THE POWER THAT'S WHEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY5. THE PIC INDICATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL CONFINED TO GEAR DOORS, ANTENNA'S AND SKIN. THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROPELLER BLADES. FURTHER INPECTION DETERMINED THE LANDING GEAR HAS A RECURRING A.D. 2007-08-08 THAT COVERS POSSIBLE SEIZURE OF THE UPLOCK ROLLER & COMPLIED WITH ON 10/30/2009. I ALSO WAS INFORMED THAT THE SAME PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT THE DAY BEFORE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SINCE THEN AND BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT ON JACKS AND COMPLETED A RETRACTION / EXTENSION CHECK WITHOUT DEFECT.