# Incident 20050922027159I: Beech 36BEECH, St Louis, MO, September 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2005, 19:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7645N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7645N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050922027159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS MISHAP PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITHIN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC AT THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT, KSUS, CHESTERFIELD, MO FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING HIS LANDING CURRENCY. DURING THE LAST APPROACH, THE TOWER REQUESTED THAT HE KEEP HIS SPEED UP DUE TO INBOUND TRAFFIC.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE "GOT BEHIND" AND FOUND HIMSELF GOING TOO FAST TO EXTEND THE GEAR AT THE NORMAL PLACE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND HE STATED HE BEGAN TO EXTEND THE GEAR BUT IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG AND HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HE COULD INITIATE A GO-AROUND.  HE CONSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP.  AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MALFUNCTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE GEAR FROM EXTENDING OR FROM ADVISING HIM THAT IT WAS NOT DOWN.

## Other reports on N7645N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790904034309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904034309I), Sep 4, 1979: Beech 36BEECH (N7645N), East Alton, IL, Minor damage. Pilot retracted the gear during rollout. Instructor not guarding the switch.

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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