Beechcraft BE58 Baron, G-BTFT, 2 September 2013

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 December 2014

• Category: Commercial - fixed wing
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 2 September 2013
• Aircraft type: Beechcraft BE58 Baron
• Location: Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset
• Registration: G-BTFT

Beechcraft BE58 Baron, G-BTFT

Summary:

The pilot was positioning the aircraft to Compton Abbas Airfield for maintenance. He reported that on final approach he selected the landing gear handle to the DOWN position and checked that the three green landing gear position indicator lights were illuminated. As he flared the aircraft, it sank onto the grass runway with the landing gear retracted. He was uninjured.

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Published 10 December 2014