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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G18S · Everett, WA · November 21, 2015

Date: November 21, 2015 · 09:45 local
Place: Everett, WA
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9669R
Reported as: Beech G18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney 985
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total75 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9669RRegistered now · Beech G18SS/N BA-495 Airframe modelBeech G18S

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on a ferry flight to branson Missouri and departed from paine field Everett, WA on the first leg to ogden Utah. Pilot stated that the runup of both engines was normal with no indications of a problem. Carburetor / manifold temperatures were in normal ranges. The active runway in use was 34 left. The aircraft began the take off roll, accelerated normally, and climbed to approximately 150 feet AGL when the right engine lost power from an undetermined cause. Pilot had begun the retract of the main gear and then reversed the gear to select the down position. Aircraft contacted the runway prior to the right main gear fully extending and locking in the down position. Damage to the right gear drag brace when collapsing and then breakingcaused it to contact a fuel line in the wheel well causing a minor fuel spill. No post crash fire. No injuries. Right wing tip underside was scuffed from contact with the runway and right side propeller damaged. No other damage noted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT TO BRANSON MISSOURI AND DEPARTED FROM PAINE FIELD EVERETT, WA ON THE FIRST LEG TO OGDEN UTAH. PILOT STATED THAT THE RUNUP OF BOTH ENGINES WAS NORMAL WITH NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. CARBURETOR / MANIFOLD TEMPERATURES WERE IN NORMAL RANGES. THE ACTIVE RUNWAY IN USE WAS 34 LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN THE TAKE OFF ROLL, ACCELERATED NORMALLY, AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER FROM AN UNDETERMINED CAUSE. PILOT HAD BEGUN THE RETRACT OF THE MAIN GEAR AND THEN REVERSED THE GEAR TO SELECT THE DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FULLY EXTENDING AND LOCKING IN THE DOWN POSITION. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT GEAR DRAG BRACE WHEN COLLAPSING AND THEN BREAKINGCAUSED IT TO CONTACT A FUEL LINE IN THE WHEEL WELL CAUSING A MINOR FUEL SPILL. NO POST CRASH FIRE. NO INJURIES. RIGHT WING TIP UNDERSIDE WAS SCUFFED FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT SIDE PROPELLER DAMAGED. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.