# Incident 19810305018879I: Beech V35, Mineola, TX, March 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1981, 14:50 local time
- Place: Mineola, TX
- Airport: Mineola Wisener
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6767° N, 95.5110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINEOLA WISENER FLD (3F9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6767&lon=-95.5110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6054Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6054Q-1999-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 800 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810305018879I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT STATED GEAR WAS LOWERED ON FINAL BUT FAILED TO CHECK THAT IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N6054Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19960807021069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807021069A), Aug 7, 1996: Beech V35B (N6054Q), La Porte, TX, Destroyed. Engine failure, attempted to make emergency landing in a field, struck power lines, crashed and burned. (.4)during an en route descent at night to the…

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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