# Incident 20160323002499I: Beech P35, New Castle, IN, March 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2016, 21:30 local time
- Place: New Castle, IN
- Airport: New Castle-Henry Co Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8759° N, 85.3265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (UWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8759&lon=-85.3265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,349 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/20160323002499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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