# Incident 19990728040209I: Beech N35, Chicago, IL, July 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1999, 15:06 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9474Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9474Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 900 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728040209I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 31C AT MDW AIRPORT, THE PILOT UNDERSHOT AND STRUCK TWO RUNWAY END SEQUENCE FLASHERS. AT THE TIME THE WIND WAS 240 DEGREES 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N9474Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20211031022449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211031022449I), Oct 31, 2021: Beech N35 (N9474Y), Kennesaw, GA, Minor damage. During rollout pilot inadvertently hit the gear switch on the right side of the cockpit instead of the flap switch which is on the left side. Nose gear…

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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