# Incident 19990403021089I: Beech H35, Brownwood, TX, April 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Airport: Brownwood Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7936° N, 98.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWNWOOD RGNL (BWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7936&lon=-98.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5478D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5478D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990403021089I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 3, 1999, AT 1630, A BEECHCRAFT 35, N5478D, OWNED BY MR. LARRY VAN DAME, PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WHILE LANDING ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER VFR CONDITION.  THE ACFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CREW AND PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 555468928.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FOR RIVERSIDE, CA AT 0800.

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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