# Incident 19971025034019I: Beech T34B, Santa Ana, CA, October 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1997, 16:47 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: El Toro Mcas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6761° N, 117.7310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6761&lon=-117.7310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9334B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9334B-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971025034019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT OF N9334B DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 3, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, EL TORO, CA WITH THE INTENTION TO REMAIN IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THREE OR FOUR TOUCH-AND-GO-LANDINGS AND THEN DEPART THE PATTERN FOR A FLIGHT WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA. HIS DESTINATION WAS BACK TO MCAS, EL TORO. THE EL TORO ATCT WAS CLOSED, HOWEVER, THE AIRFIELD WAS OPEN FOR UNCONTROLLED OPERATIONS. HE FILED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE FSS FAST FILE SYSTEM BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE THE FLIGHT PLAN BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT DURING THE FIRST CLOSED TRAFFIC LANDING. THE PILOT IS A MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY HELICOPTER PILOT AND IS A MEMBER OF THE EL TORO AERO CLUB. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR ON DOWNWIND, BUT WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN THE GEAR WAS UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. A POST-INCIDENT LANDING GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION TEST INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATORS AND WARNING SYSTEM FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED IN LIEU OF ANY ENFORCEMENT OR CERTIFICATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO HIS CIVILIAN AIRMAN CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N9334B (1)

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

- [Incident 19950728026929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728026929I), Jul 28, 1995: Beech T34B (N9334B), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Lost power on descent to El Toro Mcas. Wing hit sign landing on a road. Left tank empty.

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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