# Incident 19960305006549I: Beech B24R, Oxford, CT, March 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6989R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6989R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 03-05-96 AT 14:30 LOCAL, ROBERT A. BOSCO DEPARTED ROBERTSON 4B8 AS PIC OF N6989R A BEECH BE-24 R. THE PILOT MADE 4 TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS AT 4B8 AND THEN DEPARTED THE AREA FOR OXC. THE PILOT MADE 1 TAKE OFF AND LANDING AT OXC. ON THE PILOTS SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, HE CLAIMS TO HAVE SMELLED FUEL FUMES. THIS DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION FROM THE LANDING. THERE WAS NO LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN TO MAKE THE PILOT AWARE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED. ON QUESTIONING BY FAA, PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ASI PETER LINDBERG OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT RETRACTION TEST AND FOUND THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN MICRO SWITCH OUT OF RIG.

## Other reports on N6989R (1)

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

- [Incident 20050220002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050220002849I), Feb 20, 2005: Beech B24R (N6989R), Factoryville, PA, Minor damage. (-23) While attempting to land on runway 04 at Seamans field (9N3) in Factoryville, PA, the aircraft touched down on the main landing gear and began to…

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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