# Incident 20060105000299I: Beech D55, El Reno, OK, January 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: El Reno, OK
- Airport: El Reno Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4727° N, 98.0058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL RENO RGNL (RQO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4727&lon=-98.0058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N377W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060105000299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING AIRCRAFT TO A POTENTIAL BUYER WHEN HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN, A NEW GPS INSTALLATION, AND NUMEROUS QUESTIONS FROM THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER. HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN ONCE AND THEN IT WAS SILENT. HE INTERPRETED IT AS A STALL WARNING GIVEN THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. HE HEARD THE HORN AGAIN JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN BUT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT.

## Other reports on N377W (1)

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

- [Incident 19800718061449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718061449I), Jul 18, 1980: Beech D55 (N377W), Chamblee, GA, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off end of runway due to excessive landing speed.

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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