# Incident 19960128003069I: Beech V35, Nashville, TN, January 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1996, 16:40 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Cornelia Fort Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1903° N, 86.6997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cornelia Fort Airpark, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1903&lon=-86.6997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N255Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N255Z-2000-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 39 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960128003069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 28, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HR., PILOTS (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) (PIC) PILOT IN COMMAND; RIGHT SEAT, AND ERIC E. SCHUH, LEFT SEAT; ALONG WITH ONE PASSENGER; TOOK OFF ON AIRCRAFT N255Z FROM CORNELIA FORT AIRPORT (M88) TO PRACTICE CFI MANEUVERS. AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED IN PRACTICE AREA WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED NORMALLY AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CORNELIA FORT AIRPORT (M88) TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. UPON ARRIVAL AT M88; RUNWAY 22; THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE PILOT FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE DRAG OF THE GEAR, NEITHER PILOT THOUGHT TO CHECK THE GEAR INDICATOR FOR A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST (PIC) (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) CHECKED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE GEAR HANDLE POSITION. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS IN. THERE WAS NO INJURIES, AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON JANUARY 29, 1996, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON SITE BY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS DAVID G. MILLER, AND LYNN D. HEATH. PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND WE OBSERVED A GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION; MANUALLY AND ELECTRICALLY. SYSTEM WORKED AS DESIGNED, NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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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