# Incident 19990712023529I: Beech V35A, Niagara Falls, NY, July 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1999, 14:25 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7879R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7879R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990712023529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKE OFF FROM IAG A DOOR POPPED OPEN.  THE PILOT INFORMED THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER THAT HE HAD AN OPENED DOOR AND WANTED TO COME BACK AND LAND.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER GAVE HIM THE CLEARANCE AND WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT FLY IN THE PATTERN WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN ON FINAL APPROACH.  AT THE POINT WHEN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LOST SIGHT OF THE GEAR POSITION, THERE WAS A WITNESS ON THE GROUND WHO WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT COME IN FOR THE LANDING.  THE WITNESS STATED TO INDIVIDUALS AT THE SCENE THAT HE SAW THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP, RIGHT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.  THE PILOT STATED THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND HE WENT TO FULL POWER TO TRY AND GO AROUND BUT TOUCHED DOWN INSTEAD.

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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