# Incident 20020110008059I: Beech N35, Des Moines, IA, January 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2002, 11:40 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,830 total, 25 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020110008059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT WITH A RATED PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT AND AN A & P MECHANIC IN THE RIGHT SEAT. AFTER COMPLETING SOME RIGGING PROBLEMS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5. ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND RECALLED SEEING THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT. UPON LANDING, A SCRAPING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE RECYCLED THE GEAR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH AND LANDING. INSPECTION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE PROP, PASSENGER STEP AND AN ANTENNA, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THE LANDING GEAR OR GEAR DOORS TOUCHING THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR A WARNING HORN DURING THE FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING WHEN THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN QUESTION. A RETRACTION TEST INDICATED THE GEAR WAS OPERATING PROPERLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE HORN DID NOT ACTIVATE WITH THE GEAR UP AND THE THROTTLE CLOSED. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT PROPERLY EXTENDED BY THE PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.^PRIVACY D^      ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N80HL (2)

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

- [Accident 20040709026469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709026469A), Jul 9, 2004: Beech N35 (N80HL), Austin, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft in cruise flight when engine suddenly oversped. Pilot was unable to control RPM with the propeller control. Prop RPM stabilized at 2500 RPM with…
- [Incident 19880128007019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880128007019I), Jan 28, 1988: Beech N35 (N80HL), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed after running off runway while taxiing for takeoff. Nose gear hit runway marker and snowbank.

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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