# Incident 19961126043009I: Beech V35B, Hot Springs, AR, November 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1169T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1169T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961126043009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 26, 1996, AT 1630 CST, A BEECH V35B, N1169T, REGISTERED TO ITHAIR INC. OF ITHACA, NY AND FLOWN BY ROBERT DAVIS CUTTING, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A GEAR UP LANDING AT HOT SPRINGS, AR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM WILEY POST AIRPORT, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, ANTENNAS, AND THE FUSELAGE LOWER SKIN. THE PILOT'S WIFE, ALSO A RATED PILOT, WAS THE ONLY PASSENGER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS 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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