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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Sedona, AZ · September 7, 2009

Date: September 7, 2009 · 10:00 local
Place: Sedona, AZ
Airport: Sedona
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2135W
Reported as: Beech V35B
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,630 total8 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2135WRegistered now · Beech V35BS/N D-9648 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech V35B Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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) James mastandrea, owner/operator of the aircraft, is a private pilot. He was not PIC current and had asked his instructor, Mr. Olsen, to accompany him so as to regain his currency. Both pilots remember seeing "green" landing lights prior to landing but did not check on final. James was the pilot flying and probably retracted the gear by mistake and Mr. Olsen did not realize that he did that. The aircraft landed gear up with minor damage. I have counseled Mr. Olsen and have determined that no further action is required.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) JAMES MASTANDREA, OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT, IS A PRIVATE PILOT. HE WAS NOT PIC CURRENT AND HAD ASKED HIS INSTRUCTOR, MR. OLSEN, TO ACCOMPANY HIM SO AS TO REGAIN HIS CURRENCY. BOTH PILOTS REMEMBER SEEING "GREEN" LANDING LIGHTS PRIOR TO LANDING BUT DID NOT CHECK ON FINAL. JAMES WAS THE PILOT FLYING AND PROBABLY RETRACTED THE GEAR BY MISTAKE AND MR. OLSEN DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE DID THAT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH MINOR DAMAGE. I HAVE COUNSELED MR. OLSEN AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.