# Incident 20170823017329I: Beech P35, Allentown, PA, August 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2017, 16:12 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2840R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2840R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,904 total, 1,061 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170823017329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 1494 FEET ON RUNWAY 24, AND SKID ON AIRFRAME FOR 971 FEET. AN AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER WITNESSED THE EVENT. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF FROM AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.

AIRCRAFT  CAME TO REST INTACT AND UPRIGHT, WITH ALL LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, AT A HEADING OF 220 ON ABE RUNWAY 24 BETWEEN TAXIWAYS A3 AND E.

THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE LEFT TANK POSITION BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SELECTED IT TO THE OFF POSITION AND TURNED OFF THE MAGNETO SWITCH. THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FOUND AT IDLE, MIXTURE CONTROL AT FULL RICH, AND PROPELLER CONTROL AT FULL INCREASE. FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE CONTINUOUS AND CORRECT. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE LANDING POSITION AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER BLADES IS CONSISTENT WITH RUNWAY CONTACT AT IDLE POWER. BOTH FLAPS ARE DAMAGES AT INBOARD AREAS FROM CONTACT WITH RUNWAY, NO PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS ARE DAMAGED, WINGS ARE NOT DAMAGED, FUSELAGE DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO BELLY SKINS, ANTENNAS, AND NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. EXAMINATION DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY PRE-CRASH CONDITIONS PRECLUDING NORMAL LANDING GEAR FUNCTION. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT PER 49CFR830.2 AND FAA ORDER 8900.1 VOLUME 7 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 IS ?INCIDENT?.

## Other reports on N2840R (1)

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

- [Accident 20250513007559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250513007559A), May 13, 2025: Beech P35 (N2840R), State College, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed allentown airport (kabe) on a IFR flight to University Park Airport (kunv). The weather was IFR and IMC conditions were present at the time…

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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