# Incident 20051020026139I: Beech V35B, Winston Salem, NC, October 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1880L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1880L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 75 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051020026139I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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