What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On April 13, 2023 at approximately 1030 MDT the aircraft departed the left side of the runway 16 after landing. The pilot reported that he lowered the landing gear on approach, but did not receive a green light indicating that the landing gear was ‘down and locked’. He did note a reduction in airspeed due to increased drag (indicating that the gear was extended) and added that he did not have a red light that would indicate that the gear was up. He radioed a nearby aircraft and requested a visual confirmation and they informed him that ‘all three were down’. The pilot did not attempt to manually extend the landing gear. The first landing attempt was aborted due to excessive cross wind gust. The aircraft was able to land on the second attempt. During ‘roll out’ the pilot stated that the aircraft veered left due to gusty wind, but despite his efforts with added left engine power and right braking he departed the runway. The landing gear collapsed after a short distance and the aircraft came to a stop. The landing was made under visual flight rules with clear skies and wind reported from 220 at 16 KTS with gusts to 29 KTS. There were two passengers and a small dog onboard and no injuries reported. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the forward fuselage, main landing gear doors, both propellers, and the underside of the belly and left horizontal stabilizer were scuffed. The inboard landing gear doors were damaged and not in a retracted position when this occurred: indicating that the landing gear was not fully extended. The landing gear was successfully extended manually during the recovery effort and a green light was noted. No mechanical obstructions or breakage with the landing gear linkage was identified during the recovery. The aircraft was removed from the runway and repairs have not been made at the time of this report. It is suspected that the landing gear motor may have failed to fully extend the landing gear in flight. There were no known existing maintenance discrepancies prior to flight. The NTSB did not classify this as an accident.
As the FAA filed it
ON APRIL 13, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 MDT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 16 AFTER LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS ‘DOWN AND LOCKED’. HE DID NOTE A REDUCTION IN AIRSPEED DUE TO INCREASED DRAG (INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED) AND ADDED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A RED LIGHT THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE GEAR WAS UP. HE RADIOED A NEARBY AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED A VISUAL CONFIRMATION AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT ‘ALL THREE WERE DOWN’. THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT WAS ABORTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CROSS WIND GUST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. DURING ‘ROLL OUT’ THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT DUE TO GUSTY WIND, BUT DESPITE HIS EFFORTS WITH ADDED LEFT ENGINE POWER AND RIGHT BRAKING HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE LANDING WAS MADE UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WITH CLEAR SKIES AND WIND REPORTED FROM 220 AT 16 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 29 KTS. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS AND A SMALL DOG ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, BOTH PROPELLERS, AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BELLY AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WERE SCUFFED. THE INBOARD LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AND NOT IN A RETRACTED POSITION WHEN THIS OCCURRED: INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED MANUALLY DURING THE RECOVERY EFFORT AND A GREEN LIGHT WAS NOTED. NO MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTIONS OR BREAKAGE WITH THE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE WAS IDENTIFIED DURING THE RECOVERY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR MAY HAVE FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR IN FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO KNOWN EXISTING MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCIES PRIOR TO FLIGHT. THE NTSB DID NOT CLASSIFY THIS AS AN ACCIDENT.