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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech J35 · Ocean Springs, MS · April 22, 1988

Date: April 22, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place: Ocean Springs, MS
Airport: Gulfpark
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8350D
Reported as: Beech J35
Reported engine: Continental IO470C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,356 total1,025 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N8350DRegistered now · Beech J35S/N D-5444 · Built 1958 Airframe modelBeech J35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.

Pilot did not check the gear light indication. Landed with gear just starting cycle. Gear doors were open.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT CHECK THE GEAR LIGHT INDICATION. LANDED WITH GEAR JUST STARTING CYCLE. GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN.

Other reports on N8350D · 2

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

Accident 20240827014329ALanding: Touchdown · Bozeman, MTPilot departed billings after avionics maintenance. After cancelling auto pilot on final approach into Bozeman, pilot reported that the aircraft went “hard nose down” and he had to “pull until it broke free” at which point the nose pitched up hard and he had…Aug 27, 2024 · Substantial damage Incident 19900617032449ILevel Off Touchdown · Shelbyville, INLanding gear motor had failed with the gear in the retracted position prior to landing. Landed with gear up.Jun 17, 1990 · Minor damage