# Incident 20120222002249I: Beech 58, Teterboro, NJ, February 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2012, 01:30 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8546° N, 74.0596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Teterboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8546&lon=-74.0596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550C SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,754 total, 3,095 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120222002249I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS ON A STABILIZED APPROACH AT NIGHT, DURING VMC, WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 06 AT TEB AND BELIEVED HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN WITH ONE NOTCH FLAPS.  HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE HE HEARD A SOUND LIKE A PROP CLICKING ON THE GROUND.  HE IMMEDIATELY ADDED POWER AND COMMENCED A GO-AROUND.  DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT HE INSTINCTIVELY LOOKED AT THE GEAR AND BELIEVED THAT THE HANDLE WAS DOWN, BUT WITH NO SAFE OR UNSAFE LIGHT INDICATIONS OF ANY KIND.  WHEN QUERIED THAT IF HE HAD NO LIGHTS WHATSOEVER DURING THE GO-AROUND, WHAT DID HE HAVE WHEN HE EXTENDED THE GEAR, HE COULD NOT RECALL IF HE HAD 3 GREEN.HE THEN CYCLED THE GEAR ONCE, GOT 3 GREEN, AND ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  DURING POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, HE OBSERVED THE OUTBOARD FEW INCHES OF ALL 3 LEFT PROP BLADES BENT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEG.

## Other reports on N96WE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091114051439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091114051439I), Nov 14, 2009: Beech 58 (N96WE), Herndon, VA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on runway 01L at kiad at 0010 on nov 14. After a normal landing, the pilot was cleared to landmark apron via taxiway u, W4, and y. the pilot…

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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