# Incident 19970811035929I: Beech S35, Conroe, TX, August 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1997, 15:38 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Montgomery  County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3119° N, 95.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conroe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3119&lon=-95.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,180 total, 140 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970811035929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, SAW A GREEN GEAR LIGHT AND THE RED TRANSIT LIGHT. HE DID NOT LOOK AT THE NOSE GEAR MANUAL INDICATOR. HE DISREGARDED THE RED LIGHT AS A MALFUNCTION. DUE TO STRONG CROSSWIND, EXTRA POWER WAS MAINTAINED ON FINAL WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE GEAR UNSAFE AUDIO HORN TO ARM (HORN DID SOUND AS PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE WHEN GROUND CONTACT WAS MADE). LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM NOR COULD ANY FAULTY EQUIPMENT BE FOUND. PILOT KENNETH BROWN WAS COUNSELED BY FAA INSPECTOR DUDLEY OATMAN (HOU FSDO).

## Other reports on N12KC (1)

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

- [Incident 19880219025289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219025289I), Feb 19, 1988: Beech S35 (N12KC), Trinada, CO. Smoke from engine and losing power landed safely in a field. A connecting rod went thru engine case. Oil on exhaust

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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