# Incident 19790815031459I: Beech B35, Orchards, WA, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 20:45 local time
- Place: Orchards, WA
- Airport: Clark Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6890° N, 122.5306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchards, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6890&lon=-122.5306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 90 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/19790815031459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INADVERTANTLY RETRACTED GEAR WHEN HE REACHED FOR LANDING LIGHT SWITCH. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N369RB (1)

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

- [Incident 20160825007149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160825007149I), Aug 25, 2016: Beech B35 (N369RB), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. N369RB was on an instrument flight plan kals alamosa to kchd chandler. Instrument clearance from east to brazo intersection in northwest new Mexico to chandler…

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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