# Incident 20020815022789I: Beech V35B, Amarillo, TX, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 10:07 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4485S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4485S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 50 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/20020815022789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1010 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME MR. WILLIAM PENNOCK, A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 22. DURING THIS LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF ALL THREE MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 2,700 FEET FROM THE APPROACH OF RUNWAY 22. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FOUR PASSENGERS ABOARD. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT AND LEFT WING TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTBOARD DOORS, BRAKE CALIPERS, DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND A SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WHEN THE PROPELLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE.

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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