# Incident 20081112856559I: Beech V35A, Pell City, AL, November 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2008, 10:48 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Airport: St Clair County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5588° N, 86.2491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY (PLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5588&lon=-86.2491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888S) (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 V35A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,269 total, 952 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081112856559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING AT ST CLAIR COUNTRY AIRPORT (KPLR), PELL CITY, AL, PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.  PILOT REALIZED HIS MISTAKE, ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AT LAST MINUTE AND AIRCRAFT LANDED ON PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR MINIMIZING DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN STRIKING PROP AND SKIDDED TO A STOP, PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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