# Incident 20021025030199I: Beech 35B33, Hope, AR, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 18:20 local time
- Place: Hope, AR
- Airport: Hope Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7200° N, 93.6589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPE MUNI (M18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7200&lon=-93.6589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9568Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9568Y-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025030199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 25, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 CDT, BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, BE35-B33, N9568Y, A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANE, LANDED GEAR-UP AT HOPE, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO MICHAEL KAUBLE AND OPERATED BY MALCOLM DAVID MACHAUER OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE PILOT WAS ON A FINAL LEG OF THE TENTH LANDING WHEN HE DECIDED TO PRACTICE A NO FLAP LANDING. HE STATED IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO "GET OUT OF HIS ROUTINE" THEREBY LANDING WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. HE ADDED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND CAME TO REST IN AN UP-RIGHT POSITION.

## Other reports on N9568Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880525043669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880525043669I), May 25, 1988: Beech 35B33 (N9568Y), Vancouver, WA, Minor damage. Pilot put the flaps down instead of the landing gear. Aircraft landed with gear up.

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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