# Incident 20000314014879I: Beech V35B, Auburn, CA, March 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9548° N, 121.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (AUN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4317S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4317S-2007-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314014879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT THE AUBURN AIRPORT, THE LANDING GEAR ON N4317S, BEECH V-35, COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE LANDING GEAR PARATIALLY EXTENDED JUST BEFORE LANDING.  THE PILOT REMEMBERS EXTENDING THE LANDINGE GEAR ON DOWNWIND, BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER SEEING ANY GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THEDOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT WAS POPPED.

## Other reports on N4317S (2)

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

- [Accident 20030808037209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808037209A), Aug 8, 2003: Beech V35B (N4317S), Skagway, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) N4317S departed Skagway runway 02. Stalled and crashed into rising terrain during climb out on crosswind leg. Skagway airport sits in a canyon with…
- [Incident 19840225012219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840225012219I), Feb 25, 1984: Beech V35B (N4317S), Eureka, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot claimed electrical problem and jammed gear. No mechanical or electrical defects found.

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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