# Incident 20241107018139I: Beech A36, Birmingham, AL, November 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2024, 15:55 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Inter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5639° N, 86.7523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL (BHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-86.7523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9056S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9056S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 556 total, 324 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/20241107018139I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DEPARTED KBHM ON RWY 36R.

AFTER LIFT-OFF AND RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT NOTICED THAT A FUEL CAP WAS NOT SECURE AND WAS LEAKING FUEL.

THE PILOT DECIDED TO DISCONTIUE THE TAKE-OFF CLIMD AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND BACK ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY.

THE PILOT FAILED TO COMPLETE A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST.

THE PILOT FORGOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.

THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 36R WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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