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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Long Beach, CA · March 13, 1985

Date: March 13, 1985 · 11:50 local
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Long Beach
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3436B
Reported as: Beech D35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 180 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3436BRegistered now · Beech D35S/N D-3674 · Built 1953 Airframe modelBeech D35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft touched down on partially open gear door. Main gear partially out of wheel wells.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON PARTIALLY OPEN GEAR DOOR. MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY OUT OF WHEEL WELLS.