# Incident 19980319007889I: Beech 35B33, Phoenix, AZ, March 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1998, 22:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8968M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8968M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 20 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980319007889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE TV NEWS BEFORE DEPARTING (PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED DUATS INFORMATION ALL WEEK.) DEPARTED CHANDLER (CHD) AT APPROXIMATELY 8 PM FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT FIRST ARRIVING FOR A FULL STOP LANDING AT FALCON FIELD MESA, AZ (FFZ) LEFT FFZ FOR CHD FOR 1 FULL STOP LANDING. DEPARTED THEN FOR DEER VALLEY (DVT) FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. AFTER THAT DEPARTED FOR ANOTHER FULL STOP LANDING AT DVT. PILOT HAD STATED THAT HE HAD NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT DURING THAT PORTION OF THE PATTERN THAT HE WOULD LOWER THE LANDING GEAR HE WAS DISTRACTED BY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. REFER FOR OPERATIONS CONSULT. COUNSELING INDICATED NO FLAW OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. SIMPLY A PROCEDURAL WEAKNESS WHICH WAS CORRECTED DURING COUNSELING. 44709 NOT BENEFICIAL.

## Other reports on N8968M (1)

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

- [Incident 19950929035749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950929035749I), Sep 29, 1995: Beech 35B33 (N8968M), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. Distracted by unfamiliar airport and crosswind. Inadvertantly raised gear instead of flaps on landing roll.

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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