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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Dallas, TX · February 8, 2008

Date
February 8, 2008 · 19:00 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Dallas Love Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9792R
Reported as
Beech M35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total0 in this make and model0 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 statement: at about 5 miles out ATC descended him to 2000' AGL and assigned him a heading for a downwind to 31 right. Was switched to tower and tower kept him extremely close to the airport. As he passed the numbers on the approach end of the runway he was directed to begin his base at approximately 1500 AGL. He complied and cut downwind short and tower alerted him of traffic on about a four mile final behind him as well as a simultaneous approach on the parallel runway. With the shortened descent, he was hurried and had insufficient time to be comfortable landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: AT ABOUT 5 MILES OUT ATC DESCENDED HIM TO 2000' AGL AND ASSIGNED HIM A HEADING FOR A DOWNWIND TO 31 RIGHT. WAS SWITCHED TO TOWER AND TOWER KEPT HIM EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT. AS HE PASSED THE NUMBERS ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY HE WAS DIRECTED TO BEGIN HIS BASE AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 AGL. HE COMPLIED AND CUT DOWNWIND SHORT AND TOWER ALERTED HIM OF TRAFFIC ON ABOUT A FOUR MILE FINAL BEHIND HIM AS WELL AS A SIMULTANEOUS APPROACH ON THE PARALLEL RUNWAY. WITH THE SHORTENED DESCENT, HE WAS HURRIED AND HAD INSUFFICIENT TIME TO BE COMFORTABLE LANDING.

Other reports on N9792R · 3

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