# Incident 20020614015589I: Beech 35A33, Aspen, CO, June 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2002, 16:02 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1329Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1329Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35A33
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 180 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020614015589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMB OUT FROM ASPEN AIRPORT PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD POP. GEAR INDICATION WAS THAT THE GEAR WAS UP HOWEVER THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS LOWER THAN USUAL. PILOT FLEW BY ASPEN TOWER FOR A GEAR CHECK AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT RETRACTED. WHEN DOING ANOTHER FLY-BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY TOLD HIM THAT THE MAIN WHEELS WERE DOWN BUT NOT THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A LANDING SHUTTING THE FUEL OFF ON SHORT FINAL. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND SETTLED DOWN ON THE NOSE.

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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