# Incident 19971023035399I: Beech C35BEECH, Centerville, IA, October 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1997, 09:40 local time
- Place: Centerville, IA
- Airport: Centerville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6844° N, 92.9010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (TVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6844&lon=-92.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 30 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971023035399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 15 AT THE CENTERVILLE, IOWA AIRPORT. SAW THE LEFT FUEL CAP WAS NOT ON, RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING, AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N614D (1)

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

- [Incident 19910620034989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910620034989I), Jun 20, 1991: Beech C35BEECH (N614D), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently actuated the landing gear handle instead of flap handle. Gear collapsed.

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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