# Incident 20021103031049I: Beech 35B33, Athens, GA, November 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2002, 17:38 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N945T-2013-01-31) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021103031049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11/03/2002, PILOT PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING AND DECLARED EMERGENCY IN ATHENS GEORGIA. INVESTIGATION RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: AIRMAN LANDED WITH GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 27 IN ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN). AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO HANGER, JACKED TO VERIFY MECHANICAL RELIABILITY. NOTE WORTHY ITEM: LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. DAMAGE TO PROPS, UNDER BELLY INCLUDING BOTH INBOARD GEAR DOORS, AND FLAP TRAILING EDGES. TWO SEATS WERE REMOVED TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATION. BOTH INBOARD GEAR DOORS ACTUATING RODS WERE DAMAGED. NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS JAMMED SHUT, ONCE FREED GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED AND RETRACTED. POWER WAS APPLIED AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED IMMEDIATELY. LANDING LIGHT WAS ON. WITH POWER, FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED OF ALL THREE GEARS WITH POSITIVE LOCKING IN DOWN POSITION. GEAR WARNING LIGHTS OPERATED WITH IN-TRANSIT AND GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT.

## Other reports on N945T (1)

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

- [Accident 20081130856709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081130856709A), Nov 30, 2008: Beech 35B33 (N945T), Crystal River, FL, Destroyed. (-23) On November 30, 2008 at approximately 1738 EDT, a Beech 35-B33, N945T, serial number CD-704, registered to eagle squadron, inc. departed from tallahassee…

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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