# Incident 20150118000459I: Beech P35, Newton, KS, January 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Airport: Newton City County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0571° N, 97.2752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWTON-CITY-COUNTY (EWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0571&lon=-97.2752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111YB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111YB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,608 total, 996 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/20150118000459I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 18, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL (2030 UTC), THE AIRMAN,

HOLDER OF AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTI- ENGINE LAND CLASS RATING WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE NEWTON CITY-COUNTY AIRPORT (KEWK), NEWTON, KANSAS.

THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR PRACTICE APPROACHES AND LANDINGS.   VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH CONDITIONS AT KEWK REPORTED AS:   WINDS FROM 230 DEGREES AT 17 GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, AND CLEAR SKIES.

DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE TO RUNWAY 26 AT KEWK, THE AIRMAN FAILED TO EXTEND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED-DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 AND SKID TO A STOP, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRMAN, AND PASSENGER ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.

POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND NOSE GEAR DOOR.  THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLOR BLADES WERE DAMAGED UPON TOUCHDOWN AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR-UP LANDING AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS.  NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ANOMALY THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR-UP LANDING.

THE AIRMAN PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATING THAT HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING.

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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