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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Gainesville, TX · April 4, 2006

Date: April 4, 2006 · 19:00 local
Place: Gainesville, TX
Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N894RW
Reported as: Beech K35
Reported engine: Continental IO470C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 432 total194 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot departed ardmore Oklahoma (adm) at approximately 18:45 CDT with intended final destination of fort worth Texas (T67) and refueling stop in Gainesville, Texas (gle). Aircraft made a gear up landing approximately 1000 feet from the north end of runway 17 at gle, and slid approximately 1000 feet after the propeller made contact with the ground. The aircraft flaps, nose gear doors, exhaust, and lower nose structure were damaged. Both propeller tips were bent. The pilot stated that his attention was focused outside the aircraft, and he neglected to extend the gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED ARDMORE OKLAHOMA (ADM) AT APPROXIMATELY 18:45 CDT WITH INTENDED FINAL DESTINATION OF FORT WORTH TEXAS (T67) AND REFUELING STOP IN GAINESVILLE, TEXAS (GLE). AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY 17 AT GLE, AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AFTER THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT FLAPS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, EXHAUST, AND LOWER NOSE STRUCTURE WERE DAMAGED. BOTH PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT, AND HE NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR.