# Incident 20070719019719I: Beech A36, Asheville, NC, July 19, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2007, 18:45 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4370W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4370W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070719019719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS FLYING AN AUTOPILOT COUPLED ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AT ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT. HE BECAME FIXATED ON EVALUATING THE AUTOPILOT PERFORMANCE AS IT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPAIRED, AND HE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. AT THE MIDDLE MARKER HE REDUCED THE POWER FOR THE LANDING AND HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4370W (1)

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

- [Accident 20211124019839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211124019839A), Nov 24, 2021: Beech A36 (N4370W), Tooele, UT, Substantial damage. On November 24, 2021 at 0935 local, N4370W departed safford AZ (ksad) with an expected destination of rexburg-madison county airport (rxe) including a fuel…

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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