# Incident 19960306008539I: Beech A36, Palm Springs, CA, March 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1996, 17:26 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6648T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6648T-2010-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960306008539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT HAD RECENTLY UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE MODIFICATION. THE PILOT APOLOGIZED THAT SINCE HE HAD FLOWN VERY LITTLE IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT HE WAS NOT EXTREMELY PROFICIENT. THE MODIFICATION WAS NOT THE REASON FOR THE GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT MOMENTARILY CLOSE THE THROTTLE TO CHECK FOR A GEAR HORN, AFTER EXTENDING HIS GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6648T (3)

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

- [Incident 20020204002499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020204002499I), Feb 4, 2002: Beech A36 (N6648T), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that after landing the gear collapsed. The reason for the collapse has not been determined.
- [Incident 19910526036139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526036139I), May 26, 1991: Beech A36 (N6648T), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit in flight. Diverted for landing. Smoke caused by an exhaust pipe slip joint that came loose.
- [Incident 19881010055709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881010055709I), Oct 10, 1988: Beech A36 (N6648T), Dallas, TX. Rough engine due to magneto failure. Vectored to addison. Engine quit on final. Landed in field safely.

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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