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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Nantucket, MA · September 5, 2016

Date: September 5, 2016 · 08:41 local
Place: Nantucket, MA
Airport: Nantucket Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6657Z
Reported as: Beech F33A
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 256 total138 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

N6657ZRegistered now · Beech F33AS/N CE-874 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBeech F33A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot reported that on take off from kack (Nantucket Memorial Airport) the landing gear retracted normally, then the right wing dipped and a metal scrapping noise was heard. Kack tower report that the right main landing gear door was still down. The pilot cycled the gear, the door remained down. The gear, however, did indicate all three gear were in the up and locked position. The pilot then decided to continue the flight. While enroute, the pilot decided to request a low pass at kfdk to try and ascertain if right wheel appeared intact. The tower confirmed the right gear door was still down. At that point the pilot was cleared and made a landing on runway 30 at kfdk. Upon taxiing to the FBO a line agent informed that pilot that he had also had a prop strike which the pilot assumed had occured during takeoff.

Winds may have been a factor at kack: METAR kack 051253Z 02022G30KT 10SM OVC019 18/16 A3008 rmk AO2 pk wnd 02033/1243 RAE04 SLP187 P0000 T01830156

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKE OFF FROM KACK (NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT) THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY, THEN THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND A METAL SCRAPPING NOISE WAS HEARD. KACK TOWER REPORT THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS STILL DOWN. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR, THE DOOR REMAINED DOWN. THE GEAR, HOWEVER, DID INDICATE ALL THREE GEAR WERE IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. WHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT DECIDED TO REQUEST A LOW PASS AT KFDK TO TRY AND ASCERTAIN IF RIGHT WHEEL APPEARED INTACT. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR WAS STILL DOWN. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT WAS CLEARED AND MADE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT KFDK. UPON TAXIING TO THE FBO A LINE AGENT INFORMED THAT PILOT THAT HE HAD ALSO HAD A PROP STRIKE WHICH THE PILOT ASSUMED HAD OCCURED DURING TAKEOFF.

WINDS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AT KACK: METAR KACK 051253Z 02022G30KT 10SM OVC019 18/16 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 02033/1243 RAE04 SLP187 P0000 T01830156

Other reports on N6657Z · 1

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

Incident 19951028038259ILevel Off Touchdown · Leesburg, VANarrative: on 10-28-95 a Beech bonanza reg. #N6657Z landed with the gear up. On 10-30-95 I conducted a phone interview with a Mr. Paul t. gernhardt who stated that while landing he forgot to put the gear down. Aircraft per this conversation suffered minor…Oct 28, 1995 · Minor damage