# Incident 20151029018619I: Beech C-99, Omaha, NE, October 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2015, 10:19 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N230BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N230BH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-99
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 349 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151029018619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THE NORFOLK, NE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO O'NEILL, NE AND SELECTED GEAR UP. THE GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR BUT ONLY GOT  A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST BUT STILL COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE RIGHT MAIN.  PILOT DID A LOW PASS AT THE O'NEILL AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT OPTED TO CONTINUE ON TO THE OMAHA, NE EPPLEY AIRPORT. PILOT DID ANOTHER LOW PASS AND GEAR WAS CONFIRMED BY TWO PEOPLE THAT IT APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT HAND PUMPED THE GEAR AGAIN AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. ON TOUCH DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING PROPELLER AND MINIMAL AIRFRAME DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N230BH (2)

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

- [Incident 20041009024529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041009024529I), Oct 9, 2004: Beech C99 (N230BH), Wolf Point, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On October 9, 2004, at 0200 MST, a Beechcraft BE-99, N230BH, registered to key corporate capital inc. struck a deer upon landing with the left hand…
- [Incident 20020618018889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618018889I), Jun 18, 2002: Beech C99 (N230BH), Billings, MT. (-23) On 06/19/2002 @ 1928 ameriflight flt #1689 was on approach to Billings, Montana airport (bil). The crew noted an electrical odor in cockpit. The aircraft…

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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