# Incident 20080304013029I: Beech V35B, Mountain View, CA, March 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2008, 17:16 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Airport: Moffett Federal Afld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N317CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080304013029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A LANDING AT THE SAN CARLOS AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N317CH, A BEECH 35 BONANZA, EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR THAT WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS DIRECTED TO EXECUTE A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD (NUQ). THE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AT 15:45, AND THE ACTUAL LANDING TOOK PLACE AT 17:16. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N317CH (1)

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

- [Incident 19830806047529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806047529I), Aug 6, 1983: Beech V35B (N317CH), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. On takeoff during touch and go landings the main gear and nose gear retracted. No mechanical defects noted.

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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