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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Malden, MO · November 9, 2020

Date
November 9, 2020 · 16:11 local
Place
Malden, MO
Airport
Malden Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N628MD
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,360 total1,228 in this make and model159 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.

During landing flare, the pilot realized that he had neglected to extend the landing gear. He applied back pressure and power, and initiated a go around, but not before the props, flaps, and step contacted the runway. The pilot climbed to a sufficient altitude to lower the gear and returned for a landing, with no issues.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING FLARE, THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HE APPLIED BACK PRESSURE AND POWER, AND INITIATED A GO AROUND, BUT NOT BEFORE THE PROPS, FLAPS, AND STEP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT CLIMBED TO A SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO LOWER THE GEAR AND RETURNED FOR A LANDING, WITH NO ISSUES.