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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G35 · Stockbridge, GA · February 9, 2008

Date: February 9, 2008 · 19:25 local
Place: Stockbridge, GA
Airport: Berry Hill
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N56VB
Reported as: Beech G35
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total775 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N56VBRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2018 · Beech G35S/N D-4833 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech G35 Engine modelContinental E225 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) All damage to the aircraft resulting from this incident indicates that the aircraft landed with the gear retracted. The propeller struck the runway, the damage to the nose gear doors indicated that they were closed based on the damage to the lower skin adjacent to the nose gear doors. The lower surface of the fuselage was damaged from coming in contact with the runway. Damage to the trailing edge of the flaps indicated that the flaps were down during landing. There was no damage to the main landing gear doors which would indicate that they were in the retracted position when the aircraft touched down. At the time the FAA investigating inspector arrived on-scene, the landing gear position switch was in the down position. The circuit breaker for the landing gear position was in the disconnected position. Follow up investigation data confirmed that the landing gear up light was burned out and the stall warning system was not functioning correctly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ALL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING FROM THIS INCIDENT INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE CLOSED BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SKIN ADJACENT TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED FROM COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS INDICATED THAT THE FLAPS WERE DOWN DURING LANDING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY WERE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. AT THE TIME THE FAA INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON-SCENE, THE LANDING GEAR POSITION SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR POSITION WAS IN THE DISCONNECTED POSITION. FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION DATA CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR UP LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT AND THE STALL WARNING SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.