# Incident 20061225026169I: Beech B35, Knoxville, TN, December 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2006, 14:40 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (DKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5105C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5105C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 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/20061225026169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEC 25 2006 AIRCRAFT #N5105C LANDED AT DOWN TOWN ISLAND AIRPORT KNOXVILLE TN ON RUNWAY 26 WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING APPROACH ON DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 26 HE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGH AND EXTENDED THE GEAR TO ASSIST IN LOSING ALTITUDE. HE THEN SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT FROM 125 TO 110 MPH AND TRIMMED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE FLEW A NORMAL BASE AND FINAL APPROACH, PERFORMING A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST ON FINAL. HE BELIEVED HE SAW A GREEN LANDING GEAR PANEL LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN FLAT ON THE BELLY SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND NO AIRCRAFT FIRE. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY DEC. 25 2006. ON DEC. 26 2006 THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY FAA INSPECTORS. DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROPELLER BOTH BLADES CURLED, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS OUTER SKIN DAMAGED, AIRCRAFT BELLY DAMAGE AROUND NOSE GEAR DOORS AND AFT, LOWER STROBE LIGHT, BOTH LOWER ANTENNA'S DAMAGED, LOWER SURFACE OF LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP DAMAGED WITH UPPER SURFACES BUCKLED. AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED IN THE HANGAR, WITH TWO NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR ACCOMPLISHED, WITH A GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION ON COCKPIT INSTRUMENT PANEL.

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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