# Incident 20020409005389I: Beech N35, Caldwell, ID, April 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2002, 09:40 local time
- Place: Caldwell, ID
- Airport: Caldwell Industrial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6455° N, 116.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caldwell, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6455&lon=-116.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1203Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,520 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020409005389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS AN AIRPLANE TYPE CHECK OUT FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ON THE TAXIWAY AWAITING DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON BASE LEG TO FINAL WHEN A HIGH WING CESSNA AIRCRAFT TOOK THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND DEPARTED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE WAS MAKING A DECISION TO EITHER GO AROUND OR LAND, AND WAS DISTRACTED BY THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT A LANDING WOULD BE COMPLETED AS THE HIGH WING CESSNA HAD BECOME AIRBORNE AND WAS NOT A SAFETY FACTOR. THE DISTRACTION CAUSED A BREAK DOWN IN PROPER CHECK LIST COMPLETION AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION ON LANDING. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PILOTS OCCURRED, THE AIRCRAFT 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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