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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Aiken, SC · September 28, 2013

Date
September 28, 2013 · 16:30 local
Place
Aiken, SC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36ET
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,316 total

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.

Upon departure from runway 01 at the Aiken municipal airport (aik), Aiken, SC, in VMC, the pilot retracted the landing gear. The pilot stated that the landing gear retraction did not appear to be normal as the gear indication lights "went blank" and other electrical equipment, I.e.. GPS, digital engine telemetry, etc., became inoperative.

The pilot then stated that he attempted to extend the gear manually using the emergency check list in the pilot's operating handbook (POH). The pilot further noted that the manual extension did not appear to work because "the gear handle would not move counter-clockwise but jumped over the 'over ride' indent."

Nonetheless, not knowing whether or not the manual extension procedure extended the gear, the pilot attempted to execute a zero flap landing. The pilot subsequently landed the aircraft in a gear up configuration.

As the FAA filed it

UPON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 01 AT THE AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AIK), AIKEN, SC, IN VMC, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DID NOT APPEAR TO BE NORMAL AS THE GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS "WENT BLANK" AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, I.E.. GPS, DIGITAL ENGINE TELEMETRY, ETC., BECAME INOPERATIVE.

THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY USING THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH). THE PILOT FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MANUAL EXTENSION DID NOT APPEAR TO WORK BECAUSE "THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE BUT JUMPED OVER THE 'OVER RIDE' INDENT."

NONETHELESS, NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE EXTENDED THE GEAR, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A ZERO FLAP LANDING. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION.