# Incident 20010224005099I: Beech 35BEECH, Burlington, CT, February 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Burlington, CT
- Airport: Meadow Airstrip Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7693° N, 72.9645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7693&lon=-72.9645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N910JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010224005099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/24/01 AT 3PM INSPECTOR MAC DONALD ARRIVED AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW AIRPORT (JOHNNY CAKE) BURLINGTON, CT TO INVESTIGATE A BE-35-35, THAT LANDED WITH GEAR UP. THE A/C WAS POSITIONED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY RESTING ON THE FUSELAGE BELLY AND BOTH FLAPS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND GIVING A STATEMENT TO THE LOCAL POLICE. THERE WAS 579 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WITH SKID MARKS AND NUMEROUS PROP STRIKES ON THE RUNWAY TO WHERE THE A/C HAD STOPPED. INSP. MAC DONALD PHOTOGRAPHED THE A/C FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES INCLUDING THE DAMAGED PROP AND GAVE PERMISSION TO HAVE THE A/C RAISED AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE L/G FELL FREE DOWN AND A LOCAL AIRPORT MECHANIC WHO WAS ASSISTING WITH THE REMOVAL, PULLED ON THE GEAR TO INSURE THEY WERE LCOKED. AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE MECHANIC TURNED ON THE BATTERY AND THE LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE A/C WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY AND POSITIONED OUTSIDE ONE OF THE HANGERS. 1. L/G FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND DUE TO A WORN L/G WIRE UNDER THE PASSENGERS SEAT THAT GROUNDED AGAINST THE SEAT METAL FRAME AND CAUED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. 2. PILOT DID NOT VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. 3. L/G GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE.

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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