# Accident 20050820024559A: Beech 36BEECH, Holland, MI, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 11:40 local time
- Place: Holland, MI
- Airport: Park Township Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7958° N, 86.1619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7958&lon=-86.1619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6222V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 842 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820024559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY AIRSICK PASSENGER, PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND ADDED POWER BUT WAS TOO LOW TO MAKE A GO AROUND, STRIKING PROPELLER, SETTLED ONTO LEFT WINGTIP, AND LOST CONTROL BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR, FOLDED THE RIGHT GEAR, YAWED TO THE LEFT AND SKIDDED TO A STOP WITH THE RIGHT WING ON THE GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA239), Aug 20, 2005: Beech 36 (N6222V), Holland, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear prior to landing. A factor to the accident was the pilot becoming distracted by his passengers during landing.

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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