19990323018439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Joshua Tree, CA · March 23, 1999

Date: March 23, 1999 · 12:30 local
Place: Joshua Tree, CA
Airport: Hi Desert Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N217AA
Reported as: Beech K35
Reported engine: Continental IO470N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 325 total262 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N217AARegistered now · Beech K35S/N D-6004 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech K35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) During final approach the pilot of aircraft, N217AA, BE-35K, s/n D-6004, lowered the landing gear and had a gear down indication light. The pilot lowered the flaps for a short field landing and because of turbulent, crosswind conditions, adjusted the flaps up, and landed gear up on the runway. On this particular aircraft, the flap and landing gear switches are next to each other. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-5) DURING FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, N217AA, BE-35K, S/N D-6004, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND HAD A GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHT. THE PILOT LOWERED THE FLAPS FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING AND BECAUSE OF TURBULENT, CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, ADJUSTED THE FLAPS UP, AND LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT, THE FLAP AND LANDING GEAR SWITCHES ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^