Aircraft experienced loss of power after takeoff and landed gear up.
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Date: 21-JUL-21
Time: 20:00:00Z
Regis#: N728HS
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 58
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: BIRMINGHAM
State: ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WBRC) - No one was hurt Wednesday afternoon during an incident involving a small plane at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
According to airport spokesperson Candace O’Neal, an incident left a small, light twin engine, six seat airplane disabled on the main runway.
The plane was stuck for more than an hour. Crews used a crane and huge tow truck to move it. The runway was reopened a few hours later. No injuries were reported.
No official word on how many people were on board.
Runway 6/24 is temporarily closed while crews towed the plane away. Runway 1836 was open.
Pilot maintained the airplane straight, level, and under control. As the result everyone walked away. Excellent. A situation such as this can easily turn fatal.
ReplyDeleteNot that it matters, but that airplane will fly again. Good job.
Absolutely! 2008 model, had 1050 hours since new on engines in recent for sale listing, very much viable to be worthy of cost for prop strike engine servicing and runway rash repairs.
DeleteRecent for sale listing:
https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/203244993/n728hs-2008-beechcraft-g58-baron
Loss of power or microburst from one of the cells that appear to be surrounding the aircraft?
ReplyDeleteAgreed! The sense to put it down and not try the impossible turn!
ReplyDeleteExactly right. And no VMC roll. Maturity to shut it down. Not try something heroic and instead manufacture a disaster. Good outcome.
DeleteInteresting to see the right side feathered but probably not fully stopped at the moment of ''landing''
ReplyDeleteCertificate issue date; 06/26/21. I'm guessing pilot error.
ReplyDeleteSome instructors are smart enough to teach keeping the gear down until passing the departure end of the runway for this very reason. Gear still down, it becomes a non-event.
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