# Accident 20120909028139A: Beech V35, Decatur, TX, September 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2012, 10:29 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2265° N, 97.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2265&lon=-97.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N149G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120909028139A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED IN DENTON AND FLEW TO BRIDGEPORT FOR A LANDING THEN ON TO DECATUR. UPON LANDING AT DECATUR THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON ROLL OUT COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, NOSE GEAR. THE RIGHT MAIN THE GEAR WAS HANGING ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR. UPON ENTERING THE COCKPIT THE GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPED. THE PILOT STATED HE LOOKED OVER AT THE SWITCH AND COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW IT WAS IN THE UP POSTION AFTER USING A G.U.M.P. CHECK ON LANDING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N149G (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160525008019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160525008019I), May 25, 2016: Beech V35 (N149G), Denton, TX, Minor damage. The flight originated at dto for local flight, staying in the pattern, runway 18. Aircraft landed gear up, runway 18, sustaining minor damage. Pilot stated he…
- [Incident 20040206001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040206001459I), Feb 6, 2004: Beech V35 (N149G), Ardmore, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing out for takeoff and was giving way to another airplane that was taxiing in on the same taxiway. Pilot stated that he just did not see…
- [Accident 19950818025539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950818025539A), Aug 18, 1995: Beech V35 (N149G), Creede, CO, Substantial damage. Too high raised gear. Went around. Landed wheels up on second try. Heard horn thought it was stall horn. Sound alike

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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