# Incident 20051112028549I: Beech 35C33A, Gastonia, NC, November 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2005, 17:10 local time
- Place: Gastonia, NC
- Airport: Gastonia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2026° N, 81.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GASTONIA MUNI (AKH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2026&lon=-81.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N232SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N232SU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,270 total, 950 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051112028549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11-12-05, N232SU, A BE-35, LANDED GEAR UP ON RWY 21 AT GASTONIA, NC (AKH). THE PIC STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND LEG AND FOLLOWED HIS NORMAL LANDING PROCEDURES WHICH INCLUDES EXTENDING BOTH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. PIC ALSO STATED THAT HE COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. UPON FLARE, AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON ITS BELLY. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE INBOARD GEAR DOORS HAD MINOR SCRAPING DAMAGE TO OUTSIDE OF DOOR. THE BOTTOM EDGE AND LEADING EDGE HAD NO DAMAGE. IF THESE DOORS WERE OPEN WHEN A/C TOUCHED DOWN THEY WOULD HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LEADING AND BOTTOM EDGE. IF THEY WERE UP AND LOCKED THE MAIN GEAR WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED ON THEM. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO SUPPORT EITHER CASE. THE MAIN DOORS HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLAT AREA; THEY ALSO HAD NO DAMAGE TO LEADING OR BOTTOM EDGE. THE MAIN GEAR BRAKE HOUSINGS HAD NO SIGN OF SCRAPING, WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY IF THEY WERE DOWN AND THEN COLLAPSED. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD NO DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OR LEADING EDGE. THE LANDING LIGHT AND SCISSOR ON THE FRONT OF GEAR HAD NO SIGN OF CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. IT IS THIS INSPECTORS CONCLUSION FROM THEABOVE FINDINGS THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED WHEN THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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