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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-C33 · Lee'S Summit, MO · July 13, 2007

Date: July 13, 2007 · 11:15 local
Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
Airport: Lee'S Summit Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N322U
Reported as: Beech 35C33
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 968 total680 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N322URegistered now · Beech 35-C33S/N CD-1063 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBeech 35-C33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot and safety pilot began this flight to complete a series of practice instrument approaches. However, the pilot elected to begin the flight by conducting takeoff and landing operations. During the third landing, a soft field approach, he was distracted by a conversation with the safety pilot while on final and failed to extend the landing gear, resulting in a gear-up landing on runway 36 at the Lee'S Summit Municipal Airport. Incident privacy data omitted is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT AND SAFETY PILOT BEGAN THIS FLIGHT TO COMPLETE A SERIES OF PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. HOWEVER, THE PILOT ELECTED TO BEGIN THE FLIGHT BY CONDUCTING TAKEOFF AND LANDING OPERATIONS. DURING THE THIRD LANDING, A SOFT FIELD APPROACH, HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A CONVERSATION WITH THE SAFETY PILOT WHILE ON FINAL AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE LEE'S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED.