20080823851779I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech J35 · Stockton, CA · August 23, 2008

Date
August 23, 2008 · 21:25 local
Place
Stockton, CA
Airport
Stockton Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N354DG
Reported as
Beech J35
Reported engine
Continental IO470N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,346 total1,520 in this make and model56 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/owner of aircraft was landing at Stockton, CA (ksck). On downwind leg the pilot extended gear and confirmed gear down indications. On final approach the pilot turned on the two landing light switches adjacent to the gear switch and had switched up the landing gear up switch also. Aircraft landed with gear up and flaps in the full down position. Pilot evacuated aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/OWNER OF AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT STOCKTON, CA (KSCK). ON DOWNWIND LEG THE PILOT EXTENDED GEAR AND CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS. ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT TURNED ON THE TWO LANDING LIGHT SWITCHES ADJACENT TO THE GEAR SWITCH AND HAD SWITCHED UP THE LANDING GEAR UP SWITCH ALSO. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR UP AND FLAPS IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.