20070110000409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Wahoo, NE · January 10, 2007

Date: January 10, 2007 · 12:00 local
Place: Wahoo, NE
Airport: Wahoo Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N860T
Reported as: Beech S35
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,730 total4,600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N860TRegistered now · Beech S35S/N D-7715 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech S35 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot and his one passenger were enroute from davenport, Iowa to Wahoo, Nebraska. The pilot stated he had a new garmin 430 installed and was observing it while he was on approach. The winds were 12 @ 210 as the pilot slowed to land on runway 20 at ahq. As he flared for landing, he heard the propeller start to come in contact with the runway and noticed he failed to extend the gear to the down position. The aircraft stayed on the runway came to rest approximately 2000 feet. The propeller, the lower fuselage and the flaps were damaged from the runway along with the sudden stoppage of the engine. The pilot and his lone passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE ENROUTE FROM DAVENPORT, IOWA TO WAHOO, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A NEW GARMIN 430 INSTALLED AND WAS OBSERVING IT WHILE HE WAS ON APPROACH. THE WINDS WERE 12 @ 210 AS THE PILOT SLOWED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20 AT AHQ. AS HE FLARED FOR LANDING, HE HEARD THE PROPELLER START TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND NOTICED HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE RUNWAY CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET. THE PROPELLER, THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND THE FLAPS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE RUNWAY ALONG WITH THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT AND HIS LONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.