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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Auburn, AL · March 18, 2011

Date
March 18, 2011 · 12:30 local
Place
Auburn, AL
Airport
Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1AU
Reported as
Beech 76
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,258 total96 in this make and model70 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.

On final approach to runway 36 at auo, the instructor pilot lowered the landing gear for touchdown and received two down and locked gear indications, with a red unsafe indication for the right gear. Pilot recycled gear with a normal retraction. Pilot attempted to extend the gear again with the same two green and one red indication. Pilot stated he went by the emergency checklist and attempted an emergency extension, with results of two green and one red indication. Pilot attempted normal extension once more, this time he received three down and locked green indications. Pilot performed low pass, as personnel on ground, informed them that all three landing gear appeared to be down and locked. Pilot made uneventful landing and on roll out pilot stated that after about 300 feet, the aircraft began to pull to right and gear collapsed. Pilot and student egressed aircraft uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT AUO, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR FOR TOUCHDOWN AND RECEIVED TWO DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR INDICATIONS, WITH A RED UNSAFE INDICATION FOR THE RIGHT GEAR. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR WITH A NORMAL RETRACTION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR AGAIN WITH THE SAME TWO GREEN AND ONE RED INDICATION. PILOT STATED HE WENT BY THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION, WITH RESULTS OF TWO GREEN AND ONE RED INDICATION. PILOT ATTEMPTED NORMAL EXTENSION ONCE MORE, THIS TIME HE RECEIVED THREE DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN INDICATIONS. PILOT PERFORMED LOW PASS, AS PERSONNEL ON GROUND, INFORMED THEM THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND ON ROLL OUT PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ABOUT 300 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL TO RIGHT AND GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT AND STUDENT EGRESSED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.