# Incident 19990116005789I: Beech A36, Clewiston, FL, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 09:28 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7528° N, 80.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clewiston, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7528&lon=-80.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116005789I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT STATED IT WAS FIRST TIME LANDING AT CLEWISTON. ON ARRIVAL FROM OKEECHOBEE, FL, ENCOUNTERED SOME SMOKE FROM CANE FIELD BURN OFF. PILOT COMING TO CLEWISTON FOR FUNERAL. ON APPROACH PILOT NEGLECTED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. PILOT SAID HE DID NOT HEAR GEAR WARNING ON SHORT FINAL. AIRCRAFT PROP STRIKE APPROX. AT 1000 FEET MARK, RWY. 13 AT AIRGLADES (21S) AND SKIDDED ON BELLY TO 1800 FT. MARK AND TO RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. WITNESS HEARD PROP STRIKE AT 0928 LCL. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY UNDER SUPERVISION FROM FAA WITNESSED GEAR KNOB POSITION AS UP AND AFTER LIFTING AIRCRAFT LOWERED GEAR NORMALLY. MIMINAL DAMAGE:PROP BENT, ENG. TEARDOWN INSPECTION, EXHAUST STACKS, NLG DOORS/SKINS AFT OF NLG, FLAPS..

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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