# Incident 20181008016759I: Beech 200, Burlington, WA, October 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2018, 15:55 local time
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4644° N, 122.3313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4644&lon=-122.3313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N561SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,300 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181008016759I

## Narrative

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

ON THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11 AT KBVS, THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING AND NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR.  STILL, NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATOR NOT ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.  THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE FBO AND FLEW OVER THE FIELD TO VISSUALLY CHECK THE NOSE GEAR. THE FBO CONFIRMED THEAT THE NOSE GEAR IS NOT EXTENDED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE ASKED THE FBO TO CONTACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH JUST THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.  THE PILOT FEATHERED BOTH PROPS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 29.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO ALL PEOPLE ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N561SS (3)

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

- [Incident 20051206032679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051206032679I), Dec 6, 2005: Beech 200BEECH (N561SS), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Upon approach to Knoxville, TN the Beechcraft 200, operating under FAR 135, landing gear indicator (lights) indicated that landing gear was not locked in…
- [Incident 20001016017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001016017449I), Oct 16, 2000: Beech 200BEECH (N561SS), Johnstown, PA. (-23)On October 16, 2000, a Beech 200-200, us registration N561SS, made a precautionary landing on runway 15 at the Johnstown airport, Johnstown, PA., after a…
- [Incident 19970223010409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970223010409I), Feb 23, 1997: Beech 200BEECH (N561SS), Lincoln, NE. Narrative: on February 23, 1997, approximately 1340 CST, a Beechcraft king air N561SS registered to general manufactured housing, inc., of waycross, Georgia…

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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