# Incident 20031119035179I: Beech A36, Sidell, LA, November 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sidell, LA
- Airport: Slidell Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3463° N, 89.8208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SLIDELL (ASD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3463&lon=-89.8208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6742S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6742S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 118 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031119035179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: RE: REPORT OF AVIATION ACCIDENT ON 11/19/2003 N6742S A36 BONANZA; AIRCRAFT OWNED BY FREE SKY, LLC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC: GEORGE NICK GUZZARDO, JR.; PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 2737440 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                      ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2003, I BORROWED MY FRIEND'S BONANZA AND DEPARTED NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (NEW) AT ABOUT 4:00 PM. I WAS ALONE IN THE AIRPLANE. MY DESTINATION WAS SLIDELL, LA (ASD), TO MEET A FRIEND, ^PRIVACY DAT^ ATIS INFORMATION WAS OSCAR: WINDS 330 AT 20, VISIBILITY 10 SM, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 15 C, ALTIMETER 30.04. I CLIMBED OUT OF NEW, TURNED NORTHEAST AND LEVELED OFF AT 1800 MSL. I DECIDED TO PRACTICE THE DESCENT PROFILE FOR THE NDB 36 APPROACH INTO ASD. WHILE PROCEEDING WITH THE APPROACH, I DETERMINED THAT THE DEF BEACON WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I DECIDED TO STOP MY DESCENT AND CLIMB BACK UP TO 800 MSL RATHER THAN COMPLETING THE APPROACH AT MDA BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF MY EXACT POSITION. AT THAT POINT, I INTERRRUPTED MY PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST (GUMPS) TO ADD POWER TO CLIMB. ON THE FINAL APPROACH I FAILED TO REPEAT THE GUMPS AND NEARLY LANDED THE BONANZA WITH                                   THE GEAR UP. BECAUSE OF THE HEADWIND, I CAME IN UNDER POWER AND HAD FULL FLAPS DOWN. THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED WHEN I ROUNDED OFF AND PULLED BACK THE POWER. AT THAT POINT, I GAVE IT FULL THROTTLE, BUT FELT AND HEARD SOMETHING BRIEFLY SCRAPE THE RUNWAY AS I BEGAN TO CLIMB. I COMPLETED THE GO AROUND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND SAFELY LANDED ON RUNWAY 36. I TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND SHUT DOWN. ON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT I NOTED DAMAGE TO THE 3 PROPELLER TIPS (APPROXIMATELY 1-3 INCHES MISSING), SMALL BENDS IN THE TIPS OF BOTH FLAPS AT THE TRAILING EDGES NEAREST THE FUSELAGE WITH ABRASIONS THROUGH THE ALUMINUM SKIN ON THE UNDERSIDE OF BOTH FLAPS, AND ABRASION TO ONE ANTENNA ANDTHE STEP.

## Other reports on N6742S (1)

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

- [Accident 20050210001169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210001169A), Feb 10, 2005: Beech A36 (N6742S), Bay St Louis, MS, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated he did not have three green landing gear lights or warning horn during approach to land. He believed the gear was down, due to sound of…

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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