# Incident 19960606024709I: Beech 35BEECH, Gila Bend, AZ, June 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1996, 13:20 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Afaux Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8878° N, 112.7196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND AF AUX (GXF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8878&lon=-112.7196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3192V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3192V-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,719 total, 866 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606024709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 6, 1996, AT 1320 MST, A BEECH 35, N3192V, LANDED GEAR-UP AT GILA BEND, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE PLEASURE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO, AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 MST. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO THE PHOENIX AREA, HIS RADIO FAILED AND HIS HAND-HELD RADIO WOULD NOT TRANSMIT. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT AN OUTLYING AREA AIRPORT AND SELECTED GILA BEND. HE SLOWED TO 100 MPH, LOWERED THE GEAR, ADDED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS, ENTERED THE PATTERN, DID THE GUMPS ON DOWNWIND. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN SEQUENCE, HE HEARD A NOISE AND FELT VIBRATION. AFTERWARDS, HE OBSERVED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE HANGING DOWN AND THE WHEEL WELLS WERE VISIBLE. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3192V (1)

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

- [Accident 19750718020119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750718020119A), Jul 18, 1975: Beech 35BEECH (N3192V), Santee, CA, Substantial damage. Pbeoccupied with otr acft on grnd. Didnt chg tanks.

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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