# Incident 19890313029749I: Beech E55, Blythe, CA, March 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1989, 13:45 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7268R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7268R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890313029749I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP. PILOT STATED HE WAS SURE GEAR WAS DOWN. GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED ON FLARE.

## Other reports on N7268R (1)

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

- [Accident 19910701025599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910701025599A), Jul 1, 1991: Beech E55 (N7268R), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Landing gear retracted on landing roll. Damage indicates gear intransit on rollout. Circuit breaker was popped.

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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