20091115022269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G35 · Dallas, TX · November 15, 2009

Date
November 15, 2009 · 15:41 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Addison
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4452D
Reported as
Beech G35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
602 total20 in this make and model4 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.

Aircraft departed Addison Airport enroute to sherman, Texas. At approximately 20 miles north the pilot decided to return to Addison Airport due to weather and contacted approach control. Pilot contacted Addison tower and received clearance to land on runway 150. The pilot in command allowed aircraft owner/passenger privacy data omitted to manipulate the flaps and landing gear. privacy data omitted Written statement said he lower the flaps and landing gear on the base leg of the approach. The pilot made a normal approach to runway 150 and landed the aircraft with the flaps extended and the landing gear up. The aircraft contacted the runway and skidded to a stop. Damage to the bottom of the aircraft was consistent with a gear up landing. Neither the pilot nor the passenger could recall with any certainty that the landing gear was down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ADDISON AIRPORT ENROUTE TO SHERMAN, TEXAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES NORTH THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO ADDISON AIRPORT DUE TO WEATHER AND CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL. PILOT CONTACTED ADDISON TOWER AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 150. THE PILOT IN COMMAND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT OWNER/PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO MANIPULATE THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WRITTEN STATEMENT SAID HE LOWER THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR ON THE BASE LEG OF THE APPROACH. THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 150 AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE FLAPS EXTENDED AND THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER COULD RECALL WITH ANY CERTAINTY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.