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FAA incident report · Beech 35-33 · Carson City, NV · March 19, 2003

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Date
March 19, 2003 · 11:30 local
Place
Carson City, NV
Airport
Carson Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N652V
Reported as
Beech 3533
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
37,000 total1,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N652VRegistered now · Beech 35-33S/N CD-54 · Built 1960Airframe modelBeech 35-33Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported while down wind abeam mid field, a twin engine aircraft pilot called down wind behind him and asked if he could extend his down wind leg out about a half a mile so that the twin could land. He said that he could do it. He had not lowered the landing gear and flaps at this point. The pilot then explained that due to the extended pattern at the lower altitude, he was using an extra amount of power and he did not lower the landing gear and had only lowered the flaps to 15 degrees. With the extra power this also precluded the landing gear warning horn from blowing, and as he flared for the landing the aircraft settled to the runway. The propeller blades struck the asphalt resulting in scraping and bending the blades. The lower antennas were torn off and the belly skin from the nose wheel area to the front spar was damaged. The left flap sustained minor damage at the inboard aft edge. The aircraft was jacked up, the landing gear lowered and the aircraft was then towed to the owners hanger.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED WHILE DOWN WIND ABEAM MID FIELD, A TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT PILOT CALLED DOWN WIND BEHIND HIM AND ASKED IF HE COULD EXTEND HIS DOWN WIND LEG OUT ABOUT A HALF A MILE SO THAT THE TWIN COULD LAND. HE SAID THAT HE COULD DO IT. HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS AT THIS POINT. THE PILOT THEN EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO THE EXTENDED PATTERN AT THE LOWER ALTITUDE, HE WAS USING AN EXTRA AMOUNT OF POWER AND HE DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND HAD ONLY LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES. WITH THE EXTRA POWER THIS ALSO PRECLUDED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN FROM BLOWING, AND AS HE FLARED FOR THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE ASPHALT RESULTING IN SCRAPING AND BENDING THE BLADES. THE LOWER ANTENNAS WERE TORN OFF AND THE BELLY SKIN FROM THE NOSE WHEEL AREA TO THE FRONT SPAR WAS DAMAGED. THE LEFT FLAP SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AT THE INBOARD AFT EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED UP, THE LANDING GEAR LOWERED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE OWNERS HANGER.