# Incident 19970726028409I: Beech 58, Denver, CO, July 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N678DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N678DD-2019-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,892 total, 601 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726028409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THE FIRST INDICATOR OF A PROBLEM WAS WHEN PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER PERFORMING LANDING (GUMPS) CHECK. INSPECTION OF DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN OR WAS SELECTED DOWN AFTER TOUCHDOWN. PILOT STATED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BY MISTAKE ON LANDING ROLLOUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N678DD (1)

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

- [Accident 20180222003009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180222003009A), Feb 22, 2018: Beech 58 (N678DD), Ulysses, KS, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The aircraft departed south from runway 17 at Ulysses, KS (uls) enroute to scott city, KS (tqk). The aircraft impacted the ground directly 3.6 statute miles…

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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