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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35A · Farmington, NM · June 20, 1997

Date
June 20, 1997 · 10:45 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Airport
Four Corners Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7104N
Reported as
Beech V35A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,500 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on June 20, 1997, at 1045 MDT a Beechcraft V-35A, N7104N, owned and operated by Mr. Jim gober, privacy data omitted landed at Farmington, new Mexico with the landing gear in the retracted position during a pleasure flight. A flight plan was not filed and VMC conditions prevailed. The aircraft received minor damage and the private pilot was uninjured. The flight originated in Farmington at approximately 1000 MDT. Airman stated he performed a "gumps" check prior to landing at the airport and may have touched the landing gear selector without actuating the control. The pilot was wearing headsets at the time and failed to hear the landing gear warning horn prior to touchdown. The pilot has owned and operated this aircraft for the last 22 years.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 20, 1997, AT 1045 MDT A BEECHCRAFT V-35A, N7104N, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. JIM GOBER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED AND VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FARMINGTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 MDT. AIRMAN STATED HE PERFORMED A "GUMPS" CHECK PRIOR TO LANDING AT THE AIRPORT AND MAY HAVE TOUCHED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WITHOUT ACTUATING THE CONTROL. THE PILOT WAS WEARING HEADSETS AT THE TIME AND FAILED TO HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT HAS OWNED AND OPERATED THIS AIRCRAFT FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS.