# Incident 20170614008319I: Beech BE-100, Tuscaloosa, AL, June 14, 2017 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 14, 2017, 15:30 local time - Place: Tuscaloosa, AL - Airport: Tuscaloosa Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10 - Aircraft: N343KK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343KK) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH BE-100 - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,044 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170614008319I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N343KK DEPARTED KGXY JUNE 14, 2017 FROM BAM CENTRAL ENROUTE TO KSRC. AFTER ROTATION AT KSRC THE PILOT INITIATED A GEAR UP AND GOT A CONTINUOUS GEAR UNLOCKED AUDIO ANNUNCIATOR. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR 3 TIMES, PULLED AND RESET THE GEAR MOTOR BREAKER ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, AND THE ANNUNCIATOR CEASED BUT THE GEAR HANDLE STAYED ILLUMINATED WITH THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT. AT NO TIME DURING THE CYCLING PROCESS DID THE PILOT FEEL THE LANDING GEAR CYCLE UP OR DOWN. THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY TO KTCL AT 150 KNOTS AND 11,000 FEET AND BURN OFF FUEL AS 850 POUNDS PER SIDE WAS INDICATED. EN-ROUTE PILOT NOTED THAT HE COULD SEE THE FORWARD PART OF THE TIRES ON THE MAIN GEARS. DURING THE FLIGHT PILOT BRIEFED THE PASSENGERS ON THE SITUATION WHICH THE PILOT THOUGHT WAS THAT THE MAINS WERE DOWN BUT WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT CONDUCTED A FLYBY OF THE KTCL TOWER AND THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PILOT DECIDED TO MANEUVER SOUTH OF KTCL TO BURN OFF MORE FUEL AND DECIDED NOT TO TRY TO MANUALLY PUMP DOWN THE GEAR FOR FEAR OF DAMAGING OF OVEREXTENDING THE GEAR AS HE THOUGHT THE MAINS WERE FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT EXPLAINED TO THE KTCL TOWER THAT HIS PLAN WAS TO JOIN THE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 22 AND WANTED THE CRASH CREW TO FOLLOW. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SHORTLY AFTER ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET WHEN THE MAIN GEARS COLLAPSED TO ABOUT 75% RETRACTED. PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THE CREW SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS, AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.