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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35 · Edna, TX · April 8, 1995

Date
April 8, 1995 · 11:30 local
Place
Edna, TX
Airport
Jackson County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5878J
Reported as
Beech V35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total250 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: weather was VMC for this 91 CFR flight. Pilot entered left downwind for runway 14. The pilot placed the gear handle in the extend position and felt the aircraft slow as the gear began to extend. He did not check the gear down light for illumination. The pilot landed the aircraft with the gear only 30% extended. The pilot further stated that the aural warning did not come on at any time. Minor damage was sustained as the aircraft came to rest 485 feet down the runway from the approach end of 14. After landing, pilot discovered the landing gear circuit breaker was popped. privacy data omitted Report closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WEATHER WAS VMC FOR THIS 91 CFR FLIGHT. PILOT ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 14. THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE EXTEND POSITION AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT SLOW AS THE GEAR BEGAN TO EXTEND. HE DID NOT CHECK THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT FOR ILLUMINATION. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR ONLY 30% EXTENDED. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT THE AURAL WARNING DID NOT COME ON AT ANY TIME. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 485 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY FROM THE APPROACH END OF 14. AFTER LANDING, PILOT DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ REPORT CLOSED.