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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F90 · Orangeburg, SC · August 27, 2018

Date: August 27, 2018 · 15:25 local
Place: Orangeburg, SC
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N424CP
Reported as: Beech F90
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,810 total39 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

N424CPRegistered now · Beech F90S/N LA-182 · Built 1982 Airframe modelBeech F90 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Aircraft landed at kogb and both main gears folded. Pilot stated that after departure from kbkt he had no issue with the gear going up. After a bit he noticed the red light on the gear handle with no aircraft performance issue noted. After level off, he decided to cycle, the gear and nothing happened. After this, he started going over the checklist and looking at circuit breakers and tried one more cycle with no avail. The pilot then decided that he needed someone to look at the gear from the ground. He called the UNICOM at kogb and made a low pass over the runway for the airport manager and another pilot to examine the situation in which both informed the pilot that it looked like he had three gears down and locked and that he had pumped until the handle until it would not move anymore. At this point, he decided to land, when touching down the right gear folded first then the left, the nose gear stayed extended.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KOGB AND BOTH MAIN GEARS FOLDED. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM KBKT HE HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE GEAR GOING UP. AFTER A BIT HE NOTICED THE RED LIGHT ON THE GEAR HANDLE WITH NO AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE ISSUE NOTED. AFTER LEVEL OFF, HE DECIDED TO CYCLE, THE GEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. AFTER THIS, HE STARTED GOING OVER THE CHECKLIST AND LOOKING AT CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND TRIED ONE MORE CYCLE WITH NO AVAIL. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE GEAR FROM THE GROUND. HE CALLED THE UNICOM AT KOGB AND MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY FOR THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND ANOTHER PILOT TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION IN WHICH BOTH INFORMED THE PILOT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD THREE GEARS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THAT HE HAD PUMPED UNTIL THE HANDLE UNTIL IT WOULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE. AT THIS POINT, HE DECIDED TO LAND, WHEN TOUCHING DOWN THE RIGHT GEAR FOLDED FIRST THEN THE LEFT, THE NOSE GEAR STAYED EXTENDED.

Other reports on N424CP · 1

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

Incident 19990110005739IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Altoona, PA(-5) On jan 10, 1999 around 1100 hours EST...I had filed an IFR flight planwith Altoona flight service station. At the time I filed, I asked for jst weather and received it. After a preflight of N424CP, I radioed the same fss requesting an IFR clearance to…Jan 10, 1999 · Minor damage