# Incident 20180921020849I: Beech 58, Redmond, OR, September 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2018, 12:20 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Redmond
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2607° N, 121.1824° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redmond, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2607&lon=-121.1824&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6662N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6662N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,820 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180921020849I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RENO ENROUTE TO REDMOND. PILOT PLACED GEAR SELECTION DOWN AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PILOT RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND IT POPPED IMMEADIATELY. RESET GEAR SELECTOR TO UP POSITION AND RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER, SELECTED GEAR DOWN AGAIN AND CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AGAIN. PILOT INFORMED TOWER AND THEY DIRECTED HIM EAST OF THE AIRPORT TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEM.  PERFORMED EMERGENCY EXTENTION CHECK LIST PER PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK. NO REPSONSE. PILOT STATED FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS BROKEN IN GEAR BOX. RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND COMPLETED A GEAR UP LANDING. LANDING GEAR MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED 5 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO EVENT. REQUESTED FAA PRESENCE DURING REPAIRS TO EVALUATE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM TO DETERMINE FAILURE. AMENDMENT TO FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N6662N (1)

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

- [Incident 19860427069249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860427069249I), Apr 27, 1986: Beech 58 (N6662N), Hamilton, OH, Minor damage. Inadvertent gear retraction on rollout. Mistook gear handle for flaps.

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.

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