# Incident 20150609008839I: Beech 35, Sidney, NE, June 9, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Airport: Sidney Municipal/Lloyd W. Carr Fiel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 102.9850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI/LLOYD W CARR FLD (SNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-102.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E-225
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150609008839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED STERLING, CO ON JUNE 9, 2015, AROUND 0800. AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 THE PILOT SMELLED BURNING PLASTIC OR RUBBER. THE SMELL RECEDED AND THEN CAME BACK STRONGER FILLING THE COCKPIT WITH HEAVY SMOKE. PILOT PULLED THE FIRE VENT ON RIGHT SIDE OF PANEL AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. AIRCRAFT GPS SHOWED THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO BE SIDNEY, NE.

PILOT SET UP FOR RUNWAY 31 AT SIDNEY, WITH 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS AND A GEAR DOWN INDICATION. ON LANDING, THE GEAR IN FACT WAS NOT EXTENDED AND THE PILOT DID A GEAR-UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N11E (1)

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

- [Accident 19731208041349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731208041349A), Dec 8, 1973: Beech 35BEECH (N11E), Moss Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Wgs & fuselage ovr stressed. Plt lnd ok.

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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