# Incident 20110314002859I: Beech S35, Winter Haven, FL, March 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven Gilbert Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0629° N, 81.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field (GIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0629&lon=-81.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 157 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110314002859I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 14, 2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N17MA, A BEECHCRAFT S35 V-TAIL BONANZA, FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING AT WINTER HAVEN'S GILBERT FIELD, WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE VERBALIZED A "GUMPS" CHECK BUT, DID NOT ACTUALLY SELECT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR TO THE DOWN POSITION OR CHECK FOR A GREEN LIGHT.  WHEN ASKED IF THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING PRIOR TO LANDING MR. VROLIJK STATED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOUNDING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WARNING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS NORMALLY.THE GEAR UP LANDING RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, COWL FLAPS, EXHAUST PIPES, ROTATING BEACON, LOWER ANTENNAS, WING FLAPS, STEP, AND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE SUSTAINED ANY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.A REVIEW OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT RECORDS REVEALED THAT HE WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO FLY THE BEECHCRAFT S35.  A REVIEW OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SPAS RECORD REVEALED NO HISTORY OF ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, OR VIOLATIONS.A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND WAS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COOPERATIVE AND FORTHRIGHT DURING THE INVESTIGATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GEAR UP LANDING INCIDENT.

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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