# Incident 20020531016379I: Beech A36, Hot Springs, AR, May 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2002, 18:45 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3205V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3205V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 980 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020531016379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31, 2002 N3205V TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 05 AT HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT NOTICED DEER ON THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE LANDING GEAR WAS RAISED TOO QUICKLY AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY.

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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