# Incident 20000815036189I: Beech V35, Van Nuys, CA, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 17:42 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,140 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815036189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/15/2000 ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ LANDED N35MT GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 16L AT VNY. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO ^PRIVACY ^THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE A/C SUSTAINED TYPICAL GEAR-UP DAMAGE. I.E. BENT PROPELLER, WRINKLED FLAPS, AND BELLY SKIN ABRASION. IN AN INTERVIEW, ^PRIVACY ^ADMITS HE FAILED TO USE HIS "BEFORE LANDING" CHECKLIST AND FAILED TO CONFIRM "GEAR DOWN". IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW, ^PRIVACY DATA^THE A & P MECHANIC REPAIRING N35MT, STATED THAT HE BELIEVES ^PRIVACY ^SELECTED "GEAR DOWN" JUST SECONDS BEFORE GROUND CONTACT. INSPECTION OF THE A/C DAMAGE CONFIRMS THIS TO BE THE CASE.

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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