20010301008439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Port Townsend, WA · March 1, 2001

Date
March 1, 2001 · 15:55 local
Place
Port Townsend, WA
Airport
Jefferson County International Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8998M
Reported as
Beech S35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total3,000 in this make and model130 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 he forgot to put landing gear down while trying to control aircraft in gusty turbulent winds.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN WHILE TRYING TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY TURBULENT WINDS.