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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Fresno, CA · May 8, 1988

Date
May 8, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6006E
Reported as
Beech K35
Reported engine
Continental IO470C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total800 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

Forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up. Thought gear warning horn was the stall horn.

As the FAA filed it

FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. THOUGHT GEAR WARNING HORN WAS THE STALL HORN.