# Incident 19970228006909I: Beech 35C33A, Watsonville, CA, February 28, 1997 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 28, 1997, 13:30 local time - Place: Watsonville, CA - Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10 - Aircraft: N299X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299X-2008-09-05) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A - Reported engine: CONT IO520CB - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 42 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970228006909I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 28, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 13:30 PST, BEECHCRAFT DEBONAIR, N299X, OWNED BY DANIEL WEAVER OF SAN JOSE, CA AND OPERATED BY RUSSELL E. TODD OF CUPERTINO, CA WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 02 AT WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WATSONVILLE, CA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE SHORT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, VARIOUS RADIO ANTENNAS, THE FLAPS, AND THE FUSELAGE SKIN AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING THE GEAR UP LANDING. MR. TODD HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND IS ALSO A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO HIS STUDENT, MR. JOHN MCEVOY. NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED. MR. TODD STATED THEY WERE PREPARING FOR A SERIES OF "TOUCH AND GO" LANDINGS AT WATSONVILLE WHEN DURING THE APPROACH HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE UNUSUAL RUNWAY ASSIGNMENT (02) DICTATED IN LARGE PART BY TRAFFIC ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. MR. TODD FELT THE WINDS WERE FAVORING RUNWAY 23 BUT HE JOINED THE EXISTING TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 02. HE ADMITTED NEITHER HE NOR HIS STUDENT COMPLETED THE USUAL "GUMP" CHECK LIST THEY HAD PRACTICED EARLIER IN THE DAY AND "FORGOT" TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. NEITHER MR. TODD NOR MR. MCEVOY REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN AS THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED FOR LANDING. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR LESTER COLLINS WHO HAPPENED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT THAT AFTERNOON EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT AND HE CONFIRMED THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED BY JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS ELECTRICALLY LOWERED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. IT WAS DETERMINED LATER (BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC) THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING (HORN) AS WELL AS THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. TODD, PRESENTED HIMSELF AT THE SAN JOSE FSDO AND HE RECEIVED COUNSELING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF USING AND COMPLETING THE MANUFACTURER'S (BEECHCRAFT) CHECK LIST IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. NO PILOT DEVIATION OR 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. ## Other reports on N299X (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20050419010129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050419010129A), Apr 19, 2005: Beech 35C33A (N299X), Paso Robles, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 19, 2005, the pilot of a Beechcraft, N299X, was enroute on an IFR flight plan from van nuys (vny) airport to reid hillview (rhv) airport. The… - [Incident 20030305002159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030305002159I), Mar 5, 2003: Beech 35C33A (N299X), San Jose, CA. (-23) At approximately 12:30 p.m. on March 05, 2003, Mr. Carl lee dimmitt while piloting N299X, a Beech debonair bonanza, attempted making a landing on runway… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.