# Incident 20010309004939I: Beech A35, Cross City, FL, March 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2001, 08:30 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Airport: Cross City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6355° N, 83.1047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CITY (CTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6355&lon=-83.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8635A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8635A-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,763 total, 1,595 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010309004939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 3, 2001 ABOUT 0830 EST, A BEECH A-35, N8635A ON A LOCAL FLIGHT LANDED AT CROSS CITY, FL. THE OWNER/PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AND THERE WAS TRAFFIC AHEAD, A CESSNA 150, THAT WAS SLOWLY TAXIING DOWN RUNWAY 13. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON THE NUMBERS AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS FOR A POSSIBLE GO AROUND; BY MISTAKE HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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