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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech P35 · New Castle, IN · March 23, 2016

Date
March 23, 2016 · 21:30 local
Place
New Castle, IN
Airport
New Castle-Henry Co Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69FC
Reported as
Beech P35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total1,349 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot had planned to do 3 take offs and landings to a full stop to meet night currency requirements. On third landing he started thinking how best to position the aircraft after landing so he could pickup his passengers without shutting down the engine and forgot to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD PLANNED TO DO 3 TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP TO MEET NIGHT CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS. ON THIRD LANDING HE STARTED THINKING HOW BEST TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING SO HE COULD PICKUP HIS PASSENGERS WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.