# Incident 20220222002439I: Beech F90, Sarasota, FL, February 22, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2022, 15:36 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota?Bradenton Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N990F-2024-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,375 total, 6,425 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220222002439I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AMENDED 05/20/2022:

ON 02/22/2022, AT 1536 EST, N990F, BE90, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 32 FOR UNKNOWN REASON AND SKIDDED ONTO THE GRASS AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON, FL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PIC WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TPA) TO SRQ.

IN REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 32 WITH ITS LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE INITIAL PROP STRIKE (FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE) WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2300 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY 32 THRESHOLD (15 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE), JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE 2ND PROP (FROM THE LEFT ENGINE) CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET BEYOND THE FIRST PROP STRIKE POINT. THE PROP STRIKE MARKS CONTINUE FOR A LENGTH OF 525 FEET WHICH IS NEAR THE EDGE OF THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY 4/22 SAFETY AREA. THE DISTINCT STRIKE MARKS GIVE WAY TO A SINGLE, WIDE, CONTINUOUS SCRAPE MARK. THIS MARK CONTINUES UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT EXITS THE RUNWAY SURFACE, ON THE NORTH SIDE, APPROXIMATELY 541 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY 4/22. THE PIC WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. DURING THIS INSPECTOR?S INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC, THE PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ACQUIRED SRQ GLIDESLOPE SIGNAL. HOWEVER, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL LOOKING TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL IF HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDING. IN ADDITION, THE PIC STATED THAT HE NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING WITH EXCESSIVELY MORE AIRSPEED THAN NORMAL. FURTHERMORE, IN REVIEW OF VIDEO FOOTAGE PROVIDED TO THE FAA BY SRQ OPERATIONS PERSONNEL FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE VIDEO SHOWED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTENDING WHILE ON THE GROUND AFTER WHAT APPEARS TO SHOW THE PILOT MANIPULATING SWITCHES THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT?S WINDSHIELD. WHEN ASKED DID HE RECALL IF HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WHILE ON THE GROUND, THE PIC STATED HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION AS HE WAS BUSY ANSWERING QUESTIONS WHILE IN RADIO CONTACT WITH SRQ TOWER PERSONNEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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