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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G35 · Oscoda, MI · July 20, 2011

Date
July 20, 2011 · 13:45 local
Place
Oscoda, MI
Airport
Oscoda-Wurtsmith
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4609D
Reported as
Beech G35
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total2,500 in this make and model12 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.

The pilot stated that the gear was selected down. He did not recall verifying the gear was down with the wingtip mirrors but there was no warning horn and the gear down indicator light was on. He realized there was a problem when the propeller hit the runway. The gear motor breaker was found popped and the gear cycled down and locked when the aircraft was lifted and the breaker reset.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. HE DID NOT RECALL VERIFYING THE GEAR WAS DOWN WITH THE WINGTIP MIRRORS BUT THERE WAS NO WARNING HORN AND THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. HE REALIZED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR MOTOR BREAKER WAS FOUND POPPED AND THE GEAR CYCLED DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE BREAKER RESET.