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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hawker Beechcraft G58 · Birmingham, AL · July 21, 2021

Date
July 21, 2021 · 15:20 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Inter
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N728HS
Reported as
Hawker Beechcraft G58
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
386 total

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.

Aircraft performed a takeoff roll and rotation. Landing gear was retracted and aircraft was climbing normally at an estimated 100-200 feet AGL when the pilot felt the ailerons were jammed and could only move an inch. Pilot elected to close the throttle and land straight ahead although the gear was not down. The aircraft made a gear-up landing

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A TAKEOFF ROLL AND ROTATION. LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING NORMALLY AT AN ESTIMATED 100-200 FEET AGL WHEN THE PILOT FELT THE AILERONS WERE JAMMED AND COULD ONLY MOVE AN INCH. PILOT ELECTED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD ALTHOUGH THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING