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FAA incident report · Beech G18S · Nashville, TN · April 20, 2012

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Date
April 20, 2012 · 23:30 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Cornelia Fort Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6B
Reported as
Beech G18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1,300 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N6BRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 2015 · Beech G18SS/N BA-573Airframe modelBeech G18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot flew the aircraft from Florida to Tennessee. Two fuel stops with uneventful landings were made enroute. The pilot stated that, upon arrival at his final destination, the aircraft's landing gear failed to extend. He decided to fly to an airport that had a grass strip he was familiar with and execute a gear-up landing. The landing was made with damage to the propellers and minor damage to the belly of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM FLORIDA TO TENNESSEE. TWO FUEL STOPS WITH UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS WERE MADE ENROUTE. THE PILOT STATED THAT, UPON ARRIVAL AT HIS FINAL DESTINATION, THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. HE DECIDED TO FLY TO AN AIRPORT THAT HAD A GRASS STRIP HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH AND EXECUTE A GEAR-UP LANDING. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.