# Incident 20150922016619I: Beech H35, Avon Park, FL, September 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2015, 07:57 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5897° N, 81.5073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avon Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5897&lon=-81.5073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1311W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1311W-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 337 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150922016619I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROCH TO AVO RUNWAY 05, THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 10 DEGREES THEN RAISED BACK TO 0, AS EVIDENT ON THE GROUND AND LACK OF DAMAGE TO FLAPS. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCLUDED PROPS, ENGINE, EXHAUST, BELLY SKINS, AS WELL AS ANTENNAS AND DRAINS ON BELLY. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE.

## Other reports on N1311W (1)

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

- [Incident 19830421029239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830421029239I), Apr 21, 1983: Beech H35 (N1311W), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. Landing gear was in transit when aircraft touched down according to damage. Aircraft had prior gear up landings.

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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