# Incident 19960324009979I: Beech B35, Laredo, TX, March 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1996, 15:57 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5121C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5121C-2011-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960324009979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 24, 1996, AT 1557C, A BEECH B35 BONANZA, N5121C, OPERATED BY MR. SIDNEY A. TATUM, WAS BEING FLOWN FROM ZAPATA, TEXAS, TO LAREDO, TEXAS ON A FLIGHT TO DEMONSTRATE THE AIRCRAFT FOR A POSSIBLE SALE. THE FLIGHT RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAREDO, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MR. TATUM OR HIS PASSENGER. MR. TATUM HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. A CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE IS SUSPECTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH STATED THAT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT FUNCTION AND THE RADIO WAS UNUSABLE. BOTH STATED THAT ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE CAUSE IS DETERMINED. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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