19990621025879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-C33 · Hartford, WI · June 21, 1999

Date
June 21, 1999 · 17:30 local
Place
Hartford, WI
Airport
Hartford Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9010S
Reported as
Beech 35C33
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

On June 21, 1999, at 1730 CDT, a Beech BE-35-C33, N9010S, made a gear-up landing at Hartford Municipal Airport (hsf). The commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured and the aircraft sustained minor damage. The aircraft was being operated as a pleasure flight under 14CFR part 91 when the incident occurred. The flight originated at the Hartford airport under visual meteorological conditions and no flight plan was filed. During an interview with the pilot, Mr. Gregory kwasny, he admitted that he became distracted during approach and did not put the landing gear down. The aircraft is not equipped with an aural landing gear warning system. When the aircraft was raised with airbags, the landing gear was extended manually and no mechanical defects were found with landing gear system. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the nose gear doors, inboard trailing edge of both flaps, both exhaust pipes, and the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 21, 1999, AT 1730 CDT, A BEECH BE-35-C33, N9010S, MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT HARTFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HSF). THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE HARTFORD AIRPORT UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, MR. GREGORY KWASNY, HE ADMITTED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED DURING APPROACH AND DID NOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AURAL LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED WITH AIRBAGS, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY AND NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS WERE FOUND WITH LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF BOTH FLAPS, BOTH EXHAUST PIPES, AND THE PROPELLER.