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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B36TC · Brunswick, GA · November 3, 2020

Date
November 3, 2020 · 10:50 local
Place
Brunswick, GA
Airport
Brunswick Golden Isles
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6728R
Reported as
Beech B36TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
422 total5 in this make and model5 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 failed to extend gear for landing causing a gear up landing. Pilot had the autopilot on and shooting simulated approach with the autopilot coupler and forgot to put the gear down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING CAUSING A GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT HAD THE AUTOPILOT ON AND SHOOTING SIMULATED APPROACH WITH THE AUTOPILOT COUPLER AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.