# Incident 19781228020309I: Beech B35, League City, TX, December 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1978, 19:45 local time
- Place: League City, TX
- Airport: Houston Gulf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5083° N, 95.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Houston Gulf Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5083&lon=-95.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6089E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6089E-2018-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781228020309I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOWERED GEAR AND VERIFIED ON BASE. SOMEHOW, PERHAPS DUE TO TURBULANCE, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N6089E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000214012619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000214012619A), Feb 14, 2000: Beech K35 (N6089E), College Station, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he departed lockhart, TX at approximately 2000 with estimated 2 hours fuel in left main tank and that all other tanks were empty. He…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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