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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C35BEECH · Westerly, RI · December 7, 1985

Date: December 7, 1985 · 14:50 local
Place: Westerly, RI
Airport: Westerly State
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2056D
Reported as: Beech C35BEECH
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,200 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N2056DRegistered now · Beech C35S/N D-3399 · Built 1953 Airframe modelBeech C35 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.

Distracted pilot failed to lower gear for landing. Stated gear warning horn did not work.

As the FAA filed it

DISTRACTED PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. STATED GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT WORK.