20220511019599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Georgetown, SC · May 11, 2022

Date
May 11, 2022 · 15:00 local
Place
Georgetown, SC
Airport
Georgetown County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N813GA
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,103 total2,300 in this make and model15 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 statement:

"We were on time leaving and ATC cleared us direct gge. The flight was uneventful but about 30 minutes longer than usual due to a 40 knot headwind. We canceled the IFR flight plan with myrtle beach approach with kgge in sight and not a cloud in the sky. We descended to 1000 feet and went through the check list for landing. At 50 feet we received a wheels up alarm. We were wearing bose head phones and thought it was the stall warning as we normally land at 80 miles per hour when flared. Unfortunately, I had not extended the landing gear. Everything was functioning normally including 3 green and the gear actuator was in the up position.

I made an error, and fortunately no was injured as my wife and I both had our seat belts and shoulder harnesses on."

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATEMENT:

"WE WERE ON TIME LEAVING AND ATC CLEARED US DIRECT GGE. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL BUT ABOUT 30 MINUTES LONGER THAN USUAL DUE TO A 40 KNOT HEADWIND. WE CANCELED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH MYRTLE BEACH APPROACH WITH KGGE IN SIGHT AND NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY. WE DESCENDED TO 1000 FEET AND WENT THROUGH THE CHECK LIST FOR LANDING. AT 50 FEET WE RECEIVED A WHEELS UP ALARM. WE WERE WEARING BOSE HEAD PHONES AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE STALL WARNING AS WE NORMALLY LAND AT 80 MILES PER HOUR WHEN FLARED. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD NOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. EVERYTHING WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY INCLUDING 3 GREEN AND THE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS IN THE UP POSITION.

I MADE AN ERROR, AND FORTUNATELY NO WAS INJURED AS MY WIFE AND I BOTH HAD OUR SEAT BELTS AND SHOULDER HARNESSES ON."