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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B90 · Thomaston, GA · August 17, 2019

Date: August 17, 2019 · 14:00 local
Place: Thomaston, GA
Airport: Thomaston-Upson County
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55MG
Reported as: Beech B90
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,080 total100 in this make and model195 in the last 90 days

N55MGRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2022 · Beech B90S/N LJ-391 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBeech B90

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What happened

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On August 17, 2019 at approximately 14:00, at Thomaston Upson county airport, in Thomaston, Georgia a pilot failed to extend the landing gear on a Beech craft king air call sign ?N55MG? Resulting in a gear up landing causing minor damage to the aircraft.

Pilot statement quoted that he was on base leg about to start his turn to final that I thought I had visually checked the gear was down. The pilot stated it was his eighth landing of the day and during the approach he got distracted by a communication with another aircraft also in the traffic pattern.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 17, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00, AT THOMASTON UPSON COUNTY AIRPORT, IN THOMASTON, GEORGIA A PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON A BEECH CRAFT KING AIR CALL SIGN ?N55MG? RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT STATEMENT QUOTED THAT HE WAS ON BASE LEG ABOUT TO START HIS TURN TO FINAL THAT I THOUGHT I HAD VISUALLY CHECKED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT STATED IT WAS HIS EIGHTH LANDING OF THE DAY AND DURING THE APPROACH HE GOT DISTRACTED BY A COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ALSO IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.