# Incident 20240719009779I: Beech 45, Beaver Island, MI, July 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2024, 11:15 local time
- Place: Beaver Island, MI
- Airport: Beaver Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6922° N, 85.5666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER ISLAND (SJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6922&lon=-85.5666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4534M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4534M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 45 (registry code 1152002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-N (registry code 17358, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 45
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 50 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240719009779I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2024 AT 1115 LOCAL TIME, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL B-45, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO AN LLC AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT (SJX) ON BEAVER ISLAND MICHIGAN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CVX) AT APPROXIMATELY 1051 LOCAL TIME.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 10FT OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 27 IN THE GRASS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 05 – 23.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS: BOTH PROPELLER TIPS ARE CURLED BACK, BOTH LOWER FLAP SKINS AT INBOARD AFT CORNERS ARE SCRAPPED THROUGH SKIN LAYER, BOTH ENGINE EXHAUST THAT PROTRUDE BELOW COWL ARE SCRAPPED AND FLATTENED, AND A BELLY ANTENNA LOCATED JUST FORWARD OF THE FLAPS WAS SHEARED OFF.

THE PILOT STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND HE RAN THROUGH HIS NORMAL CHECKLIST AND JUST FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR DURING HIS GUMPS CHECK AND CAME IN WITH ADDED POWER TO CLEAR TREES AT END OF THE RUNWAY WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR WARNING NOT TO GO OFF.  HE DID NOT NOTICE THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL HE TOUCHED DOWN.

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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