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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Oxford, NC · September 20, 2018

Date: September 20, 2018 · 14:30 local
Place: Oxford, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4193S
Reported as: Beech 58
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 628 total26 in this make and model234 in the last 90 days

N4193SRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2019 · Beech 58S/N TH-738 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

On an instructional flight, doing a simulated engine out (left engine) into hnz, the CFI stated that he believes they brought the gear down and saw three green lights, but stated that he did not check the mirror to see that the gear was down. Regardless, the gear was not verified down properly, and was not down when they came in to land on runway 6. The propellers scraped the runway and they initiated a go-around. They returned safely to runway 24 with the gear down. The propellers were damaged, as well as the trailing edge of the flaps, the step, and two antennae underneath the aircraft. These were damaged from scraping the runway. No additional damage was noted.

The student pilot privacy data omitted was training toward a multi-engine rating and did not have one at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, DOING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT (LEFT ENGINE) INTO HNZ, THE CFI STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THEY BROUGHT THE GEAR DOWN AND SAW THREE GREEN LIGHTS, BUT STATED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK THE MIRROR TO SEE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. REGARDLESS, THE GEAR WAS NOT VERIFIED DOWN PROPERLY, AND WAS NOT DOWN WHEN THEY CAME IN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 6. THE PROPELLERS SCRAPED THE RUNWAY AND THEY INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THEY RETURNED SAFELY TO RUNWAY 24 WITH THE GEAR DOWN. THE PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED, AS WELL AS THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS, THE STEP, AND TWO ANTENNAE UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. THESE WERE DAMAGED FROM SCRAPING THE RUNWAY. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRAINING TOWARD A MULTI-ENGINE RATING AND DID NOT HAVE ONE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.