# Incident 20080418835689I: Beech A36TC, Watsonville, CA, April 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2008, 16:25 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3663K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3663K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520UB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080418835689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE BECAME DISTACTED BY BUSY AIRPORT AND HEAVY RADIO CHATTER. HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT HEAR A WARNING HORN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3663K (1)

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

- [Accident 19851101055729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851101055729A), Nov 1, 1985: Beech A36TC (N3663K), Bismarck, ND, Substantial damage. Mistakenly turned on emergency fuel pump instead of moving flap lever. The engine quit. Impacted on rolling terrain

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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