20200913014169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Beloit, WI · September 13, 2020

Date
September 13, 2020 · 11:30 local
Place
Beloit, WI
Airport
Beloit Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N695DA
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,683 total156 in this make and model173 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot performed a preflight before first flight of the day and added 1 quart of oil to left engine. Departed with parachute jumpers and just before returning to the airport, pilot noted low oil pressure on left engine. Upon landing, pilot noted engine oil covering the left engine nacell, landing gear and wing. Pilot inspected left engine and found oil cap unsecured. He cleaned up oil and added 5 quarts under the direction of a mechanic. Pilot was instructed to perform a test flight prior to taking another load of parachute jumpers. Pilot departed, retracted gear and flew the pattern with the flaps in the takeoff/approach position while watching the left engine gauges. Proceeded to approach of runway 25, rounded out, reduced power, heard the gear unsafe warning and the props hit the ground. Pilot reduced power full aft and bellied the aircraft down the center of runway 25. .

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT BEFORE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND ADDED 1 QUART OF OIL TO LEFT ENGINE. DEPARTED WITH PARACHUTE JUMPERS AND JUST BEFORE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT, PILOT NOTED LOW OIL PRESSURE ON LEFT ENGINE. UPON LANDING, PILOT NOTED ENGINE OIL COVERING THE LEFT ENGINE NACELL, LANDING GEAR AND WING. PILOT INSPECTED LEFT ENGINE AND FOUND OIL CAP UNSECURED. HE CLEANED UP OIL AND ADDED 5 QUARTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MECHANIC. PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PERFORM A TEST FLIGHT PRIOR TO TAKING ANOTHER LOAD OF PARACHUTE JUMPERS. PILOT DEPARTED, RETRACTED GEAR AND FLEW THE PATTERN WITH THE FLAPS IN THE TAKEOFF/APPROACH POSITION WHILE WATCHING THE LEFT ENGINE GAUGES. PROCEEDED TO APPROACH OF RUNWAY 25, ROUNDED OUT, REDUCED POWER, HEARD THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING AND THE PROPS HIT THE GROUND. PILOT REDUCED POWER FULL AFT AND BELLIED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE CENTER OF RUNWAY 25. .