# Incident 20040731019089I: Beech V35, Danbury, CT, July 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5641S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5641S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 8 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040731019089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07-31-04 AT 1647 EDT AIRCRAFT N5641S A BEECH BONANZA V35 LANDED GEAR UP AT DANBURY AIRPORT (DXR) CT. DURING INTENDED SOLO TOUCH AND GO'S THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND SKIDDED TO A HALT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17 ABOUT 200 FEET NORTH OF TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE OWNER PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. WEATHER AT DXR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WITH WINDS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES BENT, LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TRAILING EDGE FLAPS BUCKLED, UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE BELLY DAMAGED, LEFT AND RIGHT HAND ENGINE COWL FLAPS DAMAGED AND LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS DAMAGED. DURING THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT INVESTIGATION, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF AIRCRAFT N5641S STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN APPROPRIATE ENDORSEMENT TO OPERATE A BEECH BONANZA V35 OR ANY OTHER COMPLEX AIRCRAFT.

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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