# Incident 19940115005349I: Beech A36, Van Nuys, CA, January 15, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1994, 17:35 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3066W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3066W-1996-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115005349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED "MY AIRCRAFT HAD NO MALFUNCTION, I JUST DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN. I HEARD A HORN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE STALL WARNING. HOWEVER, I HAD PLENTY OF AIRSPEED. IT WASN'T UNTIL I HEARD THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY THAT I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. CONTRIBUTING TO MY LACK OF ACTION, THAT IS EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR, WAS THE STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT AND MY PERSONAL LACK OF RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE. MR. SCHOETTLER STATED HE WOULD ACCEPT ANY REMEDIAL TRAINING PROGRAM THE FAA FELT WAS APPROPRIATE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3066W (1)

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

- [Accident 19951007036229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951007036229A), Oct 7, 1995: Beech A36 (N3066W), Mesquite, NV, Destroyed, 3 fatal. During air race. Low pass. Engine backfired on climbout. Lost control. Stalled. Possible low fuel unporting.

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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