# Incident 20121104024909I: Beech 58, Bessemer, AL, November 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2012, 20:30 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer, Al
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4018° N, 86.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bessemer, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4018&lon=-86.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3713N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3713N-2014-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121104024909I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 4,2012, HE LANDED N3713N, AND FORGOT TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DOWN.  HE STATED THAT ON THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT BESSEMER AIRPORT (EKY),  HE MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT AND STARTED A DESCENT ON TO THE PAPI OR VASI.  AS HE GOT CLOSER TO THE FIELD THE RUNWAY LIGHTS SEEM TO CUT OFF.  HE STOPPED HIS DESCENT AND PROCEEDED TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT.  HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

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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