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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-C33A · Cahokia, IL · March 30, 2000

Date
March 30, 2000 · 16:30 local
Place
Cahokia, IL
Airport
St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5735V
Reported as
Beech 35C33A
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total6 in this make and model15 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.

(-23)Pilot stated that he failed to put the gear selector to the down position. Pilot also stated he was pre-occupied during the landing phase of flight with radio checks between the #1 and #2 comm. Radio. Minor damage to prop, gear door, belly panel, and exhaust pipes.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR TO THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT ALSO STATED HE WAS PRE-OCCUPIED DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT WITH RADIO CHECKS BETWEEN THE #1 AND #2 COMM. RADIO. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP, GEAR DOOR, BELLY PANEL, AND EXHAUST PIPES.