# Incident 20031204031529I: Beech F35, Chino, CA, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 17:38 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5008B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5008B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT E225*
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 1,091 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204031529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. GUNTER STATED INITIALLY THE REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT WAS THAT HE DID NOT EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LANDING; HOWEVER THERE WERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HE WANTED TO DISCUSS. MR. GUNTER HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS INSTRUMENT PROFICIENCY CHECK (11/11/03) AND WAS PRACTICING FLYING UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. HE FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FUL TO CNO AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE CNO ILS 26R APPROACH. WHEN ESTABLISHED ON THE 26R LOC HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT CNO TOWER. SWITCHING TO CNO TOWER, MR. GUNTER STATED THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON FREQUENCY. CNO TOWER INSTRUCTED THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TO "MAKE SHORT APPROACH, AND ASKED IF HE COULD SLOW DOWN AND MAKE "S" TURNS. MR. GUNTER AGREED TO MAKE "S" TURNS BUT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SPOTTING THE AIRCRAFT MAKING THE SHORT APPROACH. MR. GUNTER FINALLY SPOTTED THE AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF HIM. MR. GUNTER FEELS THAT BY CNO TOWER CLEARING THE OTHER AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM WHEN HE WAS ON AN IFR APPROACH, HE WAS DISTRACTED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FORGET HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST; GUMP". ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                                                                                        ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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