# Incident 20080818855809I: Beech B35, Macon, GA, August 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Macon Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8218° N, 83.5619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON DOWNTOWN (MAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8218&lon=-83.5619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8915A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8915A-2008-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080818855809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT MACON DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MAC), AT 1000 FT MSL THE PILOT INTENDING TO TURN ON THE AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHTS, INSTEAD HE SELECTED THE GEAR-UP SELECTOR RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N8915A (1)

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

- [Incident 19860222010119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860222010119I), Feb 22, 1986: Beech B35 (N8915A), Los Lunas, NM, Minor damage. While nearing end of rollout after landing, the nose gear collapsed. Pilot to be reexamined.

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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