# Incident 20140621011049I: Beech C35, Columbia, SC, June 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2014, 13:20 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N619B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N619B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,850 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621011049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

BONANZA (C-35) N619B

I ARRIVED AT MY HOME AIRPORT (CAE) IN COLUMBIA, SC AT APPROXIMATELY 1230. PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT I CHECKED THE WEATHER VIA FOREFLIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. I PERFORMED THE STANDARD PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. AFTER STARTUP, I CHECKED THE ATIS AND CONTACTED COLUMBIA GROUND TO OBTAIN A VFR CLEARANCE TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AT CAE. ON THE SECOND (ILS) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29, A GEAR UP LANDING OCCURRED. THE GEAR HANDLE HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AT THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX AND THE FLAPS WERE PLACED AT 10 DEGREES. THE GUMP CHECK WAS PERFORMED TWICE ON THE APPROACH, INCLUDING AT THE DECISION HEIGHT. THE POSITION OF THE GEAR SWITCH WAS CONFIRMED MANUALLY. FULL FLAPS WERE APPLIED AT THIS POINT. NO AURAL WARNING (GEAR HORN) SOUNDED AT ANY TIME, INCLUDING WHEN FULL FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED. AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING, I NOTIFIED THE TOWER, TURNED OFF THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND MAGNETOS AND THEN TURNED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE "OFF" POSITION. BEFORE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, I NOTED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO THE GEAR WAS IN THE "OUT" POSITION. CAE FIRE AND RESCUE AS WELL AS AIRPORT POLICE RESPONDED. EAGLE AVIATION (FBO) PERSONNEL ALSO RESPONDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

R. STEPHEN SMITH

NOTE: AWAITING WORD FROM PILOT'S INSURANCE COMPANY WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO FIX THE AIRCRAFT OR SCRAP IT, TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM.

NOTE: PER PILOT, VIA E-MAIL 7/18/2014,  THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING WRITTEN OFF AS A LOSS BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER.

## Other reports on N619B (1)

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

- [Incident 19950223011489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950223011489I), Feb 23, 1995: Beech C35BEECH (N619B), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-23-95 at approximately 1841L, robert s. smith, MD, private pilot certificate no. 431119839, was pilot in command of N619B, a Beech C35. After…

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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