# Incident 19940718033799I: Beech S35, Spokane, WA, July 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1994, 18:51 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8907U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8907U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940718033799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 18, 1994 AT 1851 PDT, A BEECH S35, N8907U OPERATED BY OWNER, LARRY E. HOWARD WAS ON LOCAL FLIGHT FROM SKY MEADOWS AIRPORT (PRIVATE) TO FELTS FIELD (SFF) AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE INDICATED THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THREE LANDING GEARS MOVING TOWARD THE RETRACTED POSITION TOGETHER. TWO PILOTS THAT WERE WAITING TO DEPART RUNWAY 21R STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL IN TRANSITION AT THE TIME OF TOUCH DOWN WHICH FORCED THE LANDING TOWARD RETRACT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR EXTEND ROD END AT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME WAS 2765 HOURS. REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOK INDICATED THAT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ON APRIL 7, 1994 @ 2735 HOURS. INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT ON JACKS DID NOT REVEAL ANY FAILURE PRIOR TO LANDING. THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR FIRE AND THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. THIS INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N8907U (1)

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

- [Incident 20050627011929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050627011929I), Jun 27, 2005: Beech S35 (N8907U), Scappoose, OR. (-23) Pilot received a weather briefing and filed IFR from hillsboro, OR (hio) to astoria, OR (ast). Upon leveling at 6000 feet in IMC conditions, the pilot…

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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