# Incident 20010828037739I: Beech 35A33, Oceano, CA, August 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Oceano, CA
- Airport: Oceano County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1015° N, 120.6223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEANO COUNTY (L52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1015&lon=-120.6223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35A33
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828037739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. MIGUEL CHABOLLA WAS PILOTING N847R, A BE-35-A33, S/N CD-261 ON AUGUST 28, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 LOCAL TIME. MR. CHABOLLA STATES THAT HE HAD LOWERED HIS LANDING GEAR DURING HIS APPROACH INTO OCEANO AIRPORT (L52) BUT HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING THE AIRPORT SO HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE ADDED POWER AND RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND STARTED A LEFT TURN. HE THEN RECEIVED A TRANSMISSION STATING THAT IF THEY FLY OVER THE MESA AND HEAD FOR THE MOBILE HOME PARK, THEY WILL BE LINED UP FOR THE RUNWAY. MR. CHABOLLA ACQUIRED THE MESA AND THE TRAILER PARK OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND BEGAN A LEFT TURN TOWARD THE TRAILER PARK. MR. CHABOLLA THEN STATES THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD LOWERED THE GEAR DURING THE TURN BUT HIS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO FIND A HELICOPTER MAKING A TRAFFIC CALL. HE ALSO STATES THAT HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND QUICKLY SCANNED THE PANEL WHICH DID NOT REVEAL A RED GEAR UP LIGHT NOR DID HE HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND. DURING THE FLARE HE HEARD SCRAPING AND LOOKED AT THE GEAR SWITCH AND FOUND IT UP. MR. CHABOLLA ELECTED TO FINISH THE LANDING AND CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE. **A COPY OF THIS REPORT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE OPERATIONS UNIT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.**     (-23 AMENDMENT) THE OPERATIONS INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED WITH COUNSELING. MR. CHABOLLA SHOWED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF PRIORITIES.

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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