# Incident 20030315003439I: Beech F33A, Dallas, TX, March 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23753, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23753) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 120 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315003439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 15, 2003, AT 1045 CST, N23753, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL F33A, OWNED AND OPERATED BY EDWARD WAYNE LONG, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD, KDAL, DALLAS, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, PASSENGER AND CANINE ONBOARD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO ALEXA ENTERPRISES, LLC, INDIANAPOLIS, IN. EDWARD WAYNE LANG IS THE OWNER OF THIS COMPANY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN (UMP) DESTINATION SAN MARCOS (HYI) WITH FUEL STOP AT DALLAS (DAL). PILOT STATED HE RECEIVED ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO FLY THE FINGR THREE ARRIVAL TO DAL. CONCENTRATING ON THE ARRIVAL ROUTE TO THE AIRPORT HE STATED HE NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE REALIZED, WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE, THAT HE HAD NOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE AUDIO WARNING SOUNDED JUST BEFORE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ON RUNWAY 13L COMING TO REST AT THE 5000 FOOT MARKER. AS A RESULT, MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT AND RIGHT INBOARD SIDE OF THE FLAPS AND THE ANTENNAS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS NOVEMBER 2002.

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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