# Incident 19940119001739I: Beech 35C33A, Altus, OK, January 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1994, 13:30 local time
- Place: Altus, OK
- Airport: Altus Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6571° N, 99.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altus, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6571&lon=-99.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7984M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7984M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,943 total, 1,691 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940119001739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 19, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 LOCAL TIME A BEECHCRAFT DEBONAIR (BE35-A33) LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT ALTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AXS). THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AFTER TOUCH DOWN THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR LINKAGES AND DOORS, LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND FLAPS. THE PILOT, MR. DAVID LEE, WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT. HE SAID HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN WHEN HE ENTERED THE PATTERN. HE THINKS HE MAY NOT HAVE SECURELY PLACED THE GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN DETENT BECAUSE HE SAID THAT AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HE WENT BACK TO CHECK AND THE SWITCH WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND HE PUT IT IN THE DOWN POSITION TO CHECK THE DETENT. THE SPRING THAT HOLDS THE SWITCH LEVER IN THE UP OR DOWN DETENT SEEMS WEAK. THE LANDING GEAR DOOR AND LINKAGE DAMAGE INDICATES THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN DURING LANDING. M OR D SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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