# Incident 20050304004269I: Beech A36, Hartford, WI, March 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Hartford, WI
- Airport: Hartford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3500° N, 88.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD MUNI (HXF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3500&lon=-88.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total, 93 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/20050304004269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED THE HARTFORD, WI. AIRPORT (HXF), ON MARCH 4, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 CST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT AND ABOUT A 1000 FEET AGL, THE FRONT DOOR OPENED UP. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO HXF TO LAND. HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT AND WAS TRYING TO HOLD THE DOOR SHUT. ON FINAL HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY SAFELY, SO HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE STATED HIS GO AROUND PROCEDURE WAS RETRACTING THE GEAR AND FLAPS AND ADDING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE. HE THEN HEARD THE PROP TIPS STRIKING THE GROUND. HE THEN THOUGHT IT WAS SAFER TO LAND GEAR UP INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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