# Incident 19981014029039I: Beech B35, Laredo, TX, October 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1998, 19:40 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5208C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5208C-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 117 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981014029039I

## Narrative

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

(TTY) ACFT WAS ON A MECHANICAL TEST FLIGHT WHEN IT LANDED GEAR UP. (-23) ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 1940 LOCAL, MR. TERRY PRIESTAP (PILOT/OWNER) OF BE35 N5208C LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 17R AT THE LAREDO AIRPORT. MR. PRIESTAP STATED THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE WORK COMPLETED BY SUNSET AVIATION, INC. OF GATESVILLE, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN TO LAREDO FROM GATESVILLE BY SUNSET PERSONNEL THE PREVIOUS DAY.  INCLUDED IN THE MAINTENANCE WORK DONE WAS REPAIR TO THE GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION SYSTEM.  MR. PRIESTTAPP STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN POPPING AND WAS ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS ADDRESSED AS WORK COMPLETED.  MR. PRIESTAP STATED THAT HE ACTIVIATED THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH AND NOTICED A GREEN LIGHT GEAR DOWN INDICATION.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY ASI JESUS CAVAZOS AND ASI JOHN GOODWIN VALIDATED THAT DURING A GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TEST, THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND NO GEAR HORN SOUNDED WHILE THE GEAR FAILED TO COMPLETELY EXTEND AND LOCK.  PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                         PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED IN THE AREA OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD GEAR DOORS (NOT THE OUTBOARD DOORS) THE NOSE GEAR DOORS BOTH FLAPS IN THE INBOARD AREA, THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE TO ABOUT THE ENTRANCE STEP, THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS CRUSHED, BOTH BLADES CURLED, AND THE ENGINE LEFT AND RIGHT COWLING WERE DAMAGED.  SOME DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED BY AN AUTOMOTIVE WRECKER WHILE LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND.  PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                            END OF REPORT.

## Other reports on N5208C (1)

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

- [Accident 20080805843889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080805843889A), Aug 5, 2008: Beech B35 (N5208C), Lockport, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 5, 2008 at 0950 local time a Beech B-35 aircraft N5208C rigistered to [privacy data omitted] crashed while attempting to takeoff from North…

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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