20050527009149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35A · Aiken, SC · May 27, 2005

Date
May 27, 2005 · 12:00 local
Place
Aiken, SC
Airport
Aiken Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8441N
Reported as
Beech V35A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total3,725 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported that the gear warning horn sounded at approximately 20' feet AGL while attempting to land on runway 36. The warning horn was mistakenly thought to be the stall warning. Once the gear warning was recognized the landing gear was lowered but was only partially extended before touchdown causing the landing gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AT APPROXIMATELY 20' FEET AGL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36. THE WARNING HORN WAS MISTAKENLY THOUGHT TO BE THE STALL WARNING. ONCE THE GEAR WARNING WAS RECOGNIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED BUT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED BEFORE TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.