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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Bedford, MA · March 5, 2016

Date
March 5, 2016 · 16:20 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6600L
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,200 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

On 3/5/2016 at 21:20Z a Beech bonanza, N6600L, landed gear up on runway 5 at Laurence g. Hanscom field (bed). The aircraft came to rest about 1000 feet down the runway with no injuries to pilot or passengers on board.

The aircraft departed from minute man airfield at approximately 21:12Z from runway 3. The pilot stated that he picked up the ATIS for Bedford and made his initial contact to bed tower about 8 NM miles from the airport. The aircraft was given instruction to join the left downwind for runway 29 at bed. Several minutes later bed tower contacted the pilot and asked him if he could accept a landing to runway 5 to land and hold short of runway 29. The pilot accepted the clearance and joined a left base for runway 5 at bed.

At the time of the accident ATIS information x-ray was being broadcasted with winds being 350 at 6 knots, visibility of 10 statute miles, ceiling broken 25,000 feet, temperature 2 degrees centigrade, dew point negative 17 degrees centigrade, altimeter 30.12 inches of mercury. Visual runway 29 in use, pilot?s read back all hold short instructions, advise on initial contact you have ATIS information x-ray

The pilot stated that due to the busy airspace that day along with the short flight from 6B6, the pilot forgot to complete his before landing checklist. The pilot stated that this resulted in forgetting to put the gear down, which resulted in the gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON 3/5/2016 AT 21:20Z A BEECH BONANZA, N6600L, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 5 AT LAURENCE G. HANSCOM FIELD (BED). THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM MINUTE MAN AIRFIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 21:12Z FROM RUNWAY 3. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PICKED UP THE ATIS FOR BEDFORD AND MADE HIS INITIAL CONTACT TO BED TOWER ABOUT 8 NM MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO JOIN THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 29 AT BED. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER BED TOWER CONTACTED THE PILOT AND ASKED HIM IF HE COULD ACCEPT A LANDING TO RUNWAY 5 TO LAND AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 29. THE PILOT ACCEPTED THE CLEARANCE AND JOINED A LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 5 AT BED.

AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT ATIS INFORMATION X-RAY WAS BEING BROADCASTED WITH WINDS BEING 350 AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY OF 10 STATUTE MILES, CEILING BROKEN 25,000 FEET, TEMPERATURE 2 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, DEW POINT NEGATIVE 17 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, ALTIMETER 30.12 INCHES OF MERCURY. VISUAL RUNWAY 29 IN USE, PILOT?S READ BACK ALL HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS, ADVISE ON INITIAL CONTACT YOU HAVE ATIS INFORMATION X-RAY

THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO THE BUSY AIRSPACE THAT DAY ALONG WITH THE SHORT FLIGHT FROM 6B6, THE PILOT FORGOT TO COMPLETE HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS RESULTED IN FORGETTING TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN THE GEAR UP LANDING.