# Incident 20221006020479I: Beech E-55, Asheville, NC, October 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2022, 17:30 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N630RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 686 total, 126 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221006020479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:  I WAS CLEARED FOR RUNWAY. HAD MY GEAR DOWN AND GREEN LIGHT AND INDICATOR ON FLOOR. VFR DAY CALM STABLE APPROACH. TOUCHED DOWN JUST SHORT OF THE CAPTAIN'S BARS. ABOUT 200 YARDS PAST CAPTAIN'S BARS FELT A BUMP THEN ANOTHER. THEN HEARD A SCREECHING SOUND. PLANE CAME TO A STOP JUST RIGHT OF CENTER LINE AND OUT OF CORNER OF MY EYE I SAW PROP TIP BENT. TURNED OFF MASTER SWITCH AND FUEL AND GOT OUT OF THE PLANE.

THE INVESTIGATION OF PICTURES FROM THE KAVL AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND THE PILOT SHOWED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION.  THE INNER MAIN GEAR DOORS WERE BENT AND FOLDED UNDER THE MAIN GEAR TIRES.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE KAVL AIRPORT PROVIDED VIDEOS OF THE LANDING FROM SEVERAL ANGLES.  THE VIDEOS WERE GRAINY AND DID NOT PROVIDE CLOSE-UP FOOTAGE.  I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN IN ANY OF THE VIDEOS.  ONE OF THE VIDEOS FROM A GATE CAMERA DID APPEAR TO CORROBORATE THE PILOT’S DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS.  YOU CANNOT SEE THE GEAR, BUT THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW THE AIRCRAFT VERY LOW TO THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE SUDDENLY DROPS FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NTSB, THE PILOT’S INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND TEXTRON THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE EVIDENCE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS BEING UNDER THE WHEELS MEANS THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, OR IT WAS RETRACTED DURING THE LANDING PHASE.  I WATCHED DETAILED VIDEOS OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS VIDEOS DONE BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I AGREE WITH THE OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT THE PILOT DID EITHER NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN OR HE RAISED IT.  THE VERY FIRST ACTION AFTER SELECTING THE GEAR IN EITHER THE DOWN OR THE UP POSITION IS THAT THE MAIN INNER GEAR DOORS MOVE 1ST.  THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE DOORS COULD END UP UNDER THE MAIN WHEELS.  THE PILOT INSISTS THAT HE HAD THE GEAR DOWN AND NOTED 2 GEAR (G.U.M.P.S) CHECKS AND VERIFIED THIS BY LOOKING AT THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT.

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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