IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 8589M Make/Model: BE35 Description: 35 Bonanza Date: 11/16/2012 Time: 2000 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Unknown LOCATION City: ROME State: GA Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, ROME, GA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: COLLEGE PARK, GA (SO11) Entry date: 11/19/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N8589M
Workers attempt to
move a plane registered to Charles Green after it landed at Richard B.
Russel Airport without landing gear on November 16, 2012. Airport
manager Mike Matthews said an investigation by the Russel Airport and
the Federal Aviation Administration will be conducted to determine why
the landing gear failed.
A local pilot’s landing gear failed as he was touching down at Richard B. Russell Airport on Friday afternoon, and while the plane was damaged, the pilot wasn’t hurt, airport officials said.
Airport Manager Mike Mathews declined to name the pilot but said he was doing some “touch and gos” — a maneuver where a pilot lands the plane and takes off again without stopping — and on the final landing the landing gear failed. The propeller was damaged, he said.
“I don’t know if it’s mechanical or if he forgot to put (the gear) down,” Mathews said.
“He walked away from it.”
The plane is registered to Charles Green of Armuchee, but it is not known if he was the one flying the plane.
Matthews did say the pilot had a hangar at the airport for about 30 years.
A report was filed with the Federal Aviation Administration, Matthews said.
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