20051020026139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Winston Salem, NC · October 20, 2005

Date: October 20, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place: Winston Salem, NC
Airport: Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1880L
Reported as: Beech V35B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,200 total75 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N1880LRegistered now · Beech V35BS/N D-9894 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBeech V35B Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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) The owner privacy data omitted was receiving dual instruction and a biennial flight review from a flight instructor privacy data omitted. Both pilots were qualified at the time. While in the pattern for runway 33 at Smith Reynolds Airport (int), the tower requested that N1880L extend the downwind leg in order to follow a king air on a base leg to runway 33. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he at first placed his hand on the gear lever to extend the landing gear on the downwind leg, but when the tower instructed him to continue the downwind leg to follow the king air, he withdrew his hand from the gear lever and planned to lower the gear at a later time in the traffic pattern. privacy data omitted Stated he presumed that the gear had been extended at that moment. A preliminary check of the landing gear warning system after the incident revealed no anomalies.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION AND A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW FROM A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^. BOTH PILOTS WERE QUALIFIED AT THE TIME. WHILE IN THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 33 AT SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT (INT), THE TOWER REQUESTED THAT N1880L EXTEND THE DOWNWIND LEG IN ORDER TO FOLLOW A KING AIR ON A BASE LEG TO RUNWAY 33. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT HE AT FIRST PLACED HIS HAND ON THE GEAR LEVER TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, BUT WHEN THE TOWER INSTRUCTED HIM TO CONTINUE THE DOWNWIND LEG TO FOLLOW THE KING AIR, HE WITHDREW HIS HAND FROM THE GEAR LEVER AND PLANNED TO LOWER THE GEAR AT A LATER TIME IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ^PRIVACY D^ STATED HE PRESUMED THAT THE GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED AT THAT MOMENT. A PRELIMINARY CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.