# Incident 20160423004909I: Beech B90, Chester, SC, April 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2016, 18:15 local time
- Place: Chester, SC
- Airport: Chester
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7023° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chester, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7023&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75SC-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28 series (registry code 52142, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A-28
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,588 total, 450 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160423004909I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS CONDUCTING PARACHUTE OPERATIONS ON DATE OF INCIDENT AND HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 6 FLIGHT HOURS AT TIME OF EVENT.  AFTER JUMPERS EXITED AIRCRAFT AT 14500 FEET AIRMAN PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO DCM AIRPORT AND EXTENDED GEAR. CHARLOTTE ATC GAVE PILOT INSTRUCTIONS TO AVOID CONFLICTING TRAFFIC AND PILOT RAISED GEAR SINCE HIS APPROACH WAS THEREBY DELAYED.  AIRMAN FAILED TO LOWER GEAR AND NOTICED THIS IN LANDING FLARE.  A GO AROUND WAS EXECUTED BUT BEFORE DESCENT WAS ARRESTED BOTH PROPS CONTACTED RUNWAY.  PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE GO AROUND AND MADE ANOTHER APPROACH WITH GEAR DOWN AND LANDED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N75SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20190714015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714015919I), Jul 14, 2019: Beech B90 (N75SC), Chester, SC, No damage, 1 fatal. On 07/14/2019 at approximately 2:45 pm, skydiver amie begg jumped out of Beechcraft king air b 90 TN N75SC. The skydiver deployed her parachute at…

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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