# Incident 20010724024949I: Beech J35, Cahokia, IL, July 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2001, 09:47 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7271B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7271B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,627 total, 22 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010724024949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MCKINNEY (TKI) AIRPORT VFR AT APPROXIMATELY 6:50 AM JULY 27, 2001. INTENDED DESTINATION WAS OSHKOSH (OSH). PILOT (SORNA) FILED AN IFR CLEARANCE IN-FLIGHT WITH FSS AT APPROXIMATELY 8:40 AM. RECEIVED VECTORS TO ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN PARKS AIRPORT TO THE ILS 30L CIRCLE 12R WITH ST. LOUIS APPROACH. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TURNED OVER TO DOWNTOWN PARKS ATCT AND WAS CLEARED FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30L. PILOT (SORNA) STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE AN UNINTENTIONAL GEAR-UP LANDING. PILOT (SORNA) THEN SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITH HIS ONE PASSENGER. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS (INBOARD PORTION), THE BELLY STRUCTURE, EXHAUST PIPE, AND ANTENNA.

## Other reports on N7271B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891117062859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891117062859I), Nov 17, 1989: Beech J35 (N7271B), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. Gearn handle found up. Probably accidently raised gear instead of flaps.

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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