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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Williamsburg, OH · April 13, 2000

Date: April 13, 2000 · 19:30 local
Place: Williamsburg, OH
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N740T
Reported as: Beech V35B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 978 total106 in this make and model36 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) privacy data omitted and a friend had just finished cleaning the aircraft and decided to take it around the pattern. privacy data omitted Landed the aircraft with the landing gear retracted. privacy data omitted Was giving his friend some instructions on how to approach and land at this private airport when the incident occurred. privacy data omitted Stated that he normally used the checklist but did not on this incident. He attributed this to the fact that he was in the pattern a very short time and he was talking to his friend about the airport. He also stated that the landing gear warning horn did not sound during the approach.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DA^ AND A FRIEND HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT AROUND THE PATTERN. ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS GIVING HIS FRIEND SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPROACH AND LAND AT THIS PRIVATE AIRPORT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE NORMALLY USED THE CHECKLIST BUT DID NOT ON THIS INCIDENT. HE ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS IN THE PATTERN A VERY SHORT TIME AND HE WAS TALKING TO HIS FRIEND ABOUT THE AIRPORT. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND DURING THE APPROACH.