# Incident 20021012029259I: Beech F35, Denton, TX, October 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4293B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4293B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021012029259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 AT DENTON, TX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDTO) IN A SINGLE-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT BONANZA BE-35 AIRCRAFT THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE INTENDED TO MAKE A NO-FLAP LANDING BECAUSE OF CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AT DTO. ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED OPERATING THE FLAP SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH. HE SAID HE FELT A PITCH CHANGE AND DRAG CHANGE AND THOUGHT HE HAD PUT HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE MADE NO MENTION OF CHECKING HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS OR WHETHER HE HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE AIRCRAFT EVIDENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS AND NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR DOOR. SIGNIFICANT MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE PILOT IS THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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