# Accident 20150719014499A: Beech 35-C33, Wilmington, NC, July 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: Wilmington International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2711° N, 77.9028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2711&lon=-77.9028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N829T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N829T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 22 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150719014499A

## Narrative

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

N829T DEPARTED 03NC AIRPORT ON THE WAY TO ILM TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GOS ON THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION.  UPON DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED LOW/SPORADIC AIRSPEED INDICATION AND CHOSE TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION.  THE PILOT CONTACTED WILMINGTON APPROACH AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE LANDING.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ?DID NOT FEEL RIGHT?.  THE PILOT STATES THAT UPON NORMAL LANDING AT ILM, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED NO MECHANICAL FAULTS OR ISSUES WHICH POINTS TO PILOT INDUCED ERROR AS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA15LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA273), Jul 19, 2015: Beech 35-C33 (N829T), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was in the down and locked position before touchdown, which resulted in a landing with the gear in transit.

## Other reports on N829T (2)

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

- [Incident 20250918015339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250918015339I), Sep 18, 2025: Beech 35-C33 (N829T), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated aircraft was running rough and requested to return to departure airfield. While returning to departure airfield pilot stated the prop RPM…
- [Incident 20181010019679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181010019679I), Oct 10, 2018: Beech 35-C33 (N829T), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. The pilot stated he noticed a problem with the aircraft engine while in cruise flight approximately 25 nautical miles west of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He…

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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