# Incident 20151016020389I: Beech 35-C33, Augusta, KS, October 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3732Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3732Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 394 total, 264 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151016020389I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE PILOT EXTENDING THE GEAR. KNOWN MINOR DAMAGE INVOLVED THE PROPELLER LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, FLAPS AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIMSELF AND THE ONE PASSENGER, ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, WERE UNINJURED.

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS FLYING TO DELIVER THE PLANE TO A NEARBY FIELD FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WHEN THE PILOT TRANSITIONED TO THE DESTINATION AIRPORT UNICOM FREQUENCY HE REPORTED CONGESTION ON THE FREQUENCY. AFTER BROADCASTING HIS INTENTION OF CROSSING MIDFIELD TO ENTER DOWNWIND FOR LANDING, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED DOWNWIND. WHILE ENTERING AND REPORTING DOWNWIND HE OBSERVED THE FORMER REPORTED DOWNWIND TRAFFIC ON AN EXTENDED BASE. AT THE SAME TIME A THIRD AIRCRAFT REPORTED ON FINAL. THIS REPORT BY THE THIRD AIRCRAFT WAS THE FIRST REPORT THE PILOT RECEIVED AND WAS FOLLOWED BY UNICOM FREQUENCY CONGESTION.

THE PILOT, DISTRACTED BY LOOKING FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MANEUVERING FOR PROPER SPACING, DID NOT PERFORM THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO THE GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N3732Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20031013031419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031013031419I), Oct 13, 2003: Beech 35C33 (N3732Q), Texarkana, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On October 13, 2003 at approximately 10:40 am central daylight time at (txk) Texarkana airport, Arkansas a Beech 35-C33, N3732Q, s/n: CD-1088 gear…
- [Incident 19881215068839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881215068839I), Dec 15, 1988: Beech 35C33 (N3732Q), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Alternator belt was broken and battery drained. Failed to lock down gear manually.

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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