# Incident 19960109002989I: Beech 35B33, Mc Kinney, TX, January 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1996, 14:05 local time
- Place: Mc Kinney, TX
- Airport: Mc Kinney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1779° N, 96.5905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKinney National Airport (TKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1779&lon=-96.5905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N127B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 22 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960109002989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENTERED DOWNWIND AT 1400 MSL AT 100 KNOTS. LOWERED THE GEAR, BUT STATED THE GEAR DID NOT SOUND NORMAL AND DID NOT HAVE A RED OR GREEN LIGHT. PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED A BARBER POLE. HE STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THE GEAR IN THE WING MIRRORS, BUT WAS NOT SURE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. HE DID STATE THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR LOCK AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR BARBER POLE MEANT. HE STATED THAT HE HEARD THE HORN AND ADDED POWER AND TWISTED THE INDICATOR LIGHT, BUT COULD NOT SEE A LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF METAL. HE STATED THAT AFTER LANDING HE NOTICED THAT THE LANDING CIRCUIT BRACKET WAS POPPED. INVESTIGATION ON-GOING SUBJECT TO FINDINGS AFTER REPAIRS MADE.

## Other reports on N127B (1)

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

- [Incident 19800318045459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800318045459I), Mar 18, 1980: Beech 35B33 (N127B), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Pilot jump-started unattended aircraft which then taxied into two other parked planes.

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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