# Incident 20160826015949I: Beech 65-A90, Waco, TX, August 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N270M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-A90
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6 SER 578HP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,239 total, 6,300 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160826015949I

## Narrative

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

WACO, TX (ACT): N270M, BE9L, IFR ACT-GLS, EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER DEPARTURE AND WHILE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT RECEIVED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. N270M MADE A LOW FLY-BY AND WAS ADVISED BY THE TOWER THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 1 AND UPON LANDING THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE:MINOR DAMAGE OCCURED ON THE UNDERSIDE AFT PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE AND TO THE STRAKE AREA OF THE TAIL SECTION.

## Other reports on N270M (1)

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

- [Incident 19980907035219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980907035219I), Sep 7, 1998: Beech 65A90 (N270M), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. During maintenance taxi, pilot taxied into barriers causing damage to the aircraft. Pilot returned the aircraft to the hanger, maintenance has begun to repair…

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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