# Incident 19940719027809I: Beech 35C33, St Charles, MO, July 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1994, 08:35 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smart Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2010W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2010W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 5,999 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719027809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AFTER PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR DURING VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 9 AT ST. CHARLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A PICKUP TRUCK WITH A YELLOW FLASHING LIGHT ON TOP THAT WAS ON THE RUNWAY DURING HIS INITIAL APPROACH, THEN CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED EASTBOUND ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AS HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH. WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH PILOT LOWERED FLAPS AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO LAND AS RUNWAY WAS NOW CLEAR. PILOT DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD FORGOTTEN LANDING GEAR UNTIL AIRCRAFT CONTACTED PAVEMENT. UNICOM OPERATOR HAD ADVISED PILOT OF SURVEY CREW ON FIELD AFTER INITIAL CALL-IN. PICKUP TRUCK WAS OPERATED BY FAA AIRWAY FACILITIES PERSONNEL CHECKING VASI INSTALLATION ON APPROACH END OF RWY 9. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN AND FLAPS, AND DAMAGED PROPELLER. INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2010W (1)

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

- [Incident 20051123028949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051123028949I), Nov 23, 2005: Beech 35C33 (N2010W), Springfield, MO. (-23) Pilot landed on runway 32 at Springfield/branson regional airport (sgf). After landing, the right main tire went flat. The pilot was able to taxi the…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.