What happened
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The houston flight standards district office received a call from the FAA southwest region operations center indicating that while conducting practice takeoffs and landings aircraft registration number N66NP, a BE55 landing gear did not extend. The report indicated that the pilot glided to runway and landed gear up.
A written statement provided by the pilot indicated that he was practicing landings at Wharton county regional airport runway 14. He said that on the fourth landing, upon flaring the airplane at stall speed at touchdown he heard a noise under the fuselage. He indicated that the landing gear was engaged in down position. He said that the aircraft rolled to a full stop.
On April 22, 2022, the reporting inspector went to the hangar where aircraft N66NP was secured by rkj enterprises. While watching, rkj enterprises? Mechanic placed the aircraft on jacks and performed a retraction check. The retraction check revealed no abnormalities. Landing gear position lights and landing gear unsafe horn worked as designed. The aircraft belly skin is abraded through with damage to the underlying structure. The left inboard flap track is partially ripped off from the wing rear spar.
As the FAA filed it
THE HOUSTON FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FAA SOUTHWEST REGION OPERATIONS CENTER INDICATING THAT WHILE CONDUCTING PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N66NP, A BE55 LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE PILOT GLIDED TO RUNWAY AND LANDED GEAR UP.
A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT WHARTON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT RUNWAY 14. HE SAID THAT ON THE FOURTH LANDING, UPON FLARING THE AIRPLANE AT STALL SPEED AT TOUCHDOWN HE HEARD A NOISE UNDER THE FUSELAGE. HE INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS ENGAGED IN DOWN POSITION. HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A FULL STOP.
ON APRIL 22, 2022, THE REPORTING INSPECTOR WENT TO THE HANGAR WHERE AIRCRAFT N66NP WAS SECURED BY RKJ ENTERPRISES. WHILE WATCHING, RKJ ENTERPRISES? MECHANIC PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND PERFORMED A RETRACTION CHECK. THE RETRACTION CHECK REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS AND LANDING GEAR UNSAFE HORN WORKED AS DESIGNED. THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN IS ABRADED THROUGH WITH DAMAGE TO THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE. THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP TRACK IS PARTIALLY RIPPED OFF FROM THE WING REAR SPAR.
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