AAIB investigation to Beech 58, G-BTFT

Aircraft landed gear up, Rochester Airport, Kent, 14 October 2021.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 9 June 2022

• Category: Commercial - fixed wing
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 14 October 2021
• Aircraft type: Beech 58
• Location: Rochester Airport, Kent
• Registration: G-BTFT

Summary:

The aircraft had flown from Thruxton to Rochester where it landed with its landing gear retracted. All the blades on both propellers were bent and the underside of the fuselage and trailing edges of the flaps were distorted. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. It is not known why the landing gear had not extended.

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Published 9 June 2022