# Incident 20041108031579I: Beech 95, Cadillac, MI, November 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Cadillac, MI
- Airport: Wexford County Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2753° N, 85.4189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEXFORD COUNTY (CAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2753&lon=-85.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N200KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108031579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HADN'T FLOWN IN A MONTH AND HAD A LIMITED TIME TO FLY. AFTER DOING SOME MANEUVERS TO GET BACK INTO FLYING, HE DECIDED TO PRACTICE SOME TOUCH AND GOS. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS (THE PILOT'S PERSONAL MINIMUM) AND HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR COULD BE THE FACT THE PILOT'S NORMAL NOISE CANCELLING HEADSET HAD DEAD BATTERIES, SO HE USED A SET FROM THE BACK OF HIS AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THERE WAS A LOT OF STATIC, WHICH WAS DISTRACTING.

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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