20161116017809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Greenville, IL · November 16, 2016

Date
November 16, 2016 · 17:45 local
Place
Greenville, IL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8230Y
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

While practicing IFR approaches the pilot noticed the gear was not extended and tried to extend gear manually. Pilot could not manually extend gear and landed gear up. Aircraft sustained minor damage and the occupants were unharmed.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING IFR APPROACHES THE PILOT NOTICED THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND TRIED TO EXTEND GEAR MANUALLY. PILOT COULD NOT MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE UNHARMED.