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| Date: | Monday 13 May 2024 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Services Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-XDV |
| MSN: | BB-1100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Newcastle Airport (NTL/YWLM), Williamtown, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Newcastle-Williamtown Airport, NSW (NTL/YWLM) |
| Port Macquarie Airport, NSW (PQQ/YPMQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Beechcraft B 200 Super King Air made a gear-up landing at Newcastle Airport (NTL/YWLM), Williamtown, New South Wales.
The three occupants were not injured and the aircraft received minor damage.
The flight suffered problems with the undercarriage after takeoff from NTL/YWLM. A holding pattern was flown and attempts were made to deploy the undercarriage and burn off fuel.
Some 3 hours and 45 minutes after take-off, the flight made a gear-up landing back at runway 30 at NTL/YWLM.
Sources:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/plane-with-broken-landing-gear-circling-newcastle-airport/news-story/2ec414266a341296756dfefe4dff5c74
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8626677/pilot-praised-for-safe-landing-after-gear-failure/?cs=14231
https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?reg=XDV
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHXDV/history/20240512/2200Z/YWLM/YPMQ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-xdv#3530fa31
History of this aircraft
Ex N63791
Location
Images:
VH-XDV photographed @ OOL/YBCG in April 2022. Photo Christian Laugier
Media:
A pilot has made a successful emergency landing at Newcastle Airport after reporting a landing gear failure.
— 9News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) May 13, 2024
The plane had been circling for almost four hours in an effort to burn off excess fuel and reduce the aircraft's weight. #9News
READ MORE: https://t.co/nFSSpvGPFs pic.twitter.com/hT0pl0Y3bt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2024 05:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-May-2024 06:32 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 13-May-2024 06:36 | ASN | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2024 06:39 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2024 06:43 | ASN | Updated [Embed code] |
| 13-May-2024 06:57 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
| 13-May-2024 11:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-May-2024 15:46 | ASN | Updated [[Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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