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FAA incident report · Beech D-45 · Osceola, WI · April 23, 2019

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Date
April 23, 2019 · 12:55 local
Place
Osceola, WI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N343DB
Reported as
Beech D-45
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,323 total401 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days
N343DBRegistered now · Beech D-45S/N BG-317 · Built 1957Airframe modelBeech D-45Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

N343DB piloted by single crew, was out on a nice VFR day flying and practicing some approaches and landings. He had flown to kstc where he had performed one approach. He was now returning to home base. The PIC performed a series of memorized power settings and airspeeds per a technique document that he uses for practice IFR approaches. He was shooting a cirle to land approach. The ASI had the PIC chairfly his flight, at no point did the PIC mention a before landing checklist. ASI reviewed the technique sheet, in discovery noted that no where on the document was before landing checks mentioned. The aircraft rode down the paved runway on the flaps and nose gear doors. The airplane was on it's gear in the hangar during FAA inspection. Wing, firewall and fuselage belly showed no visible signs of damage. At a minimum repair to engine for prop strikes, 3XPROPS, both flaps, nose gear doors, and exhaust piping extending to the underside. The PIC was asked if he heard a gear warning horn and if so how does he silence it. He heard it and is the habit of silencing it by pushing the red button. He was counseled that it would be preferred to silence the horn with action, like putting down the gear or adding power and climbing, not habitual button pushing.

As the FAA filed it

N343DB PILOTED BY SINGLE CREW, WAS OUT ON A NICE VFR DAY FLYING AND PRACTICING SOME APPROACHES AND LANDINGS. HE HAD FLOWN TO KSTC WHERE HE HAD PERFORMED ONE APPROACH. HE WAS NOW RETURNING TO HOME BASE. THE PIC PERFORMED A SERIES OF MEMORIZED POWER SETTINGS AND AIRSPEEDS PER A TECHNIQUE DOCUMENT THAT HE USES FOR PRACTICE IFR APPROACHES. HE WAS SHOOTING A CIRLE TO LAND APPROACH. THE ASI HAD THE PIC CHAIRFLY HIS FLIGHT, AT NO POINT DID THE PIC MENTION A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. ASI REVIEWED THE TECHNIQUE SHEET, IN DISCOVERY NOTED THAT NO WHERE ON THE DOCUMENT WAS BEFORE LANDING CHECKS MENTIONED. THE AIRCRAFT RODE DOWN THE PAVED RUNWAY ON THE FLAPS AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE AIRPLANE WAS ON IT'S GEAR IN THE HANGAR DURING FAA INSPECTION. WING, FIREWALL AND FUSELAGE BELLY SHOWED NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF DAMAGE. AT A MINIMUM REPAIR TO ENGINE FOR PROP STRIKES, 3XPROPS, BOTH FLAPS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND EXHAUST PIPING EXTENDING TO THE UNDERSIDE. THE PIC WAS ASKED IF HE HEARD A GEAR WARNING HORN AND IF SO HOW DOES HE SILENCE IT. HE HEARD IT AND IS THE HABIT OF SILENCING IT BY PUSHING THE RED BUTTON. HE WAS COUNSELED THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERRED TO SILENCE THE HORN WITH ACTION, LIKE PUTTING DOWN THE GEAR OR ADDING POWER AND CLIMBING, NOT HABITUAL BUTTON PUSHING.