# Incident 20140729013759I: Beech A36, Neodesha, KS, July 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2014, 11:55 local time
- Place: Neodesha, KS
- Airport: Neodesha Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4354° N, 95.6461° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEODESHA MUNI (2K7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4354&lon=-95.6461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729013759I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, LA (KDTN), BOUND FOR LINCOLN AIRPORT, NE (KLNK). AFTER MAKING A FUEL STOP AT COFFEEVILLE AIRPORT, KS (KCFV) HE DEPARTED AGAIN FOR HIS FINAL DESTINATION . UPON REACHING HIS CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 6,000 MSL, THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING OPENED. THE PILOT CHOSE TO DIVERT TO THE NEODESHA AIRPORT, KS (2K7) AND LAND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FIRST EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE THE KEEL, FLAPS AND PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.