# Incident 20141226022409I: Beech 35-C33, Granbury, TX, December 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2014, 13:43 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4484° N, 97.7701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granbury, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4484&lon=-97.7701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500HT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 98 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141226022409I

## Narrative

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

PERFORMED ON SCENE INVESTIGATION ON REPORTED GEAR UP LANDING ON 12/26/2014 @ 19:43Z AT 0TX1 FOR DAILY REPORT APPLICATION RECORD EVENT ID 218109. ON SCENE ACTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS:  TOOK PHOTOS OF AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO FLAPS, PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR LANDING DOORS AND PROPELLER STRIKE DAMAGE TO RUNWAY SURFACE. CONDUCTED PILOT INTERVIEW. HE STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO A SICK PASSENGER AND THAT HE FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR DURING APPROACH TO LANDING. PILOT ALSO STATED HE FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR DURING APPROACH TO LANDING IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT.

## Other reports on N500HT (1)

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

- [Accident 20250806011259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250806011259A), Aug 6, 2025: Beech 35-C33 (N500HT), Kingston, TN, Substantial damage. The pilot in command (PIC), operating a Beechcraft debonair BE-35-C33 with 1 passenger on board, experienced an abrupt hard veer to the left off the runway…

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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