# Accident 19830329010029A: Beech 35BEECH, El Paso, TX, March 29, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1983, 08:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3732N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3732N-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E1858
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830329010029A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR. TRIED MANUAL INCORRECTLY. NOT SKILLED TO SEE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER. HIT DIRT PILE LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW83LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA169), Mar 29, 1983: Beech 35 (N3732N), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

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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