# Incident 19960508015239I: Beech 35C33, Westfield, MA, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5837S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5837S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 17 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/19960508015239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT SAID HE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. HE SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. NOTE; THE ORIGINAL SIGNED STATEMENT IS ON FILE AT NE-FSDO-03. "I DEPARTED SKYLARK AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 4:10 P.M. LOCAL TIME. I PROCEEDED TO BAF AND WAS ASSIGNED RUNWAY 2 FOR LANDING WITH A RIGHT BASE. ON ABOUT 2 MILE RIGHT BASE I THOUGHT I PUT THE GEAR DOWN, BUT IN RETROSPECT, I REALIZE THAT I HAD PUT THE FLAPS DOWN BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE FLAPS DOWN, THEY WERE ALREADY DOWN. IT DID NOT DAWN ON ME THAT I HAD NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN UNTIL I HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND," SIGNED BY JAMES M. QUINN.

## Other reports on N5837S (1)

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

- [Incident 20230919020129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230919020129I), Sep 19, 2023: Beech 35-C33 (N5837S), Bryce Canyon, UT, Minor damage. Pilot landed with the gear retracted at Bryce Canyon Airport. Result of the gear being retracted the aircraft propeller and belly of the aircraft was damaged.…

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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