# Accident 20160519023899A: Beech D35, Sevierville, TN, May 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2016, 11:43 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Airport: Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airpor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8575° N, 83.5197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8575&lon=-83.5197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2967B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2967B-2017-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160519023899A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT LOWER LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING.

3 SETS OF PROPELLER MARKS WERE FOUND ON RUNWAY.

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF AND GO AROUND.

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED TO THE LEFT AT END OF RUNWAY.

VIDEO OF EVENT RETRIEVED FROM SURVEILLANCE CAMERA ON LOCAL HANGAR SHOWING TOUCHDOWN WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

## 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 ERA16FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA188), May 19, 2016: Beech D35 (N2967B), Sevierville, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear and the pilot's inappropriate decision to abort the landing after the propeller had contacted the runway, which resulted in a loss of thrust…

## Other reports on N2967B (1)

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

- [Incident 20061007021919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061007021919I), Oct 7, 2006: Beech D35 (N2967B), Moscow Mills, MO, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot said he inadvertently landed with the gear retracted on runway 27 after a pleasure flight departing the same airport. Damage was to the…

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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