# Incident 20171010016159I: Beech B35, Troutdale, OR, October 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2017, 20:15 local time
- Place: Troutdale, OR
- Airport: Portland-Troutdale Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5271C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5271C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,155 total, 702 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171010016159I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^& REGISTERED OWNER^ OF N5271C TOOK OFF FROM SANDY RIVER AIRPORT (03S), OR, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT PORTLAND-TROUTDALE AIRPORT (TTD), OR, AT 2015, ON RWY25, APPEARS TO HAVE NOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR.  A PHOTO TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT BY THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT SHOWS THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION.  A PHONE INTERVIEW BY THE NTSB & FAA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT WITH THE PILOT INDICATED THE PILOT WAS UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED.  HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN BUT IN THE SAME SENTENCE SAID THAT HE'S NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.  A FOLLOW UP INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT BY THE FAA REVEALED THE PILOT AS CONFUSED,  REQUIRING HIS WIFE TO ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS FOR HIM.  AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO GATHER AIRCRAFT AND PILOT RECORDS AS WELL PILOT HOURS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS OF THIS DATE, 10/27/2017.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PILOT VIA REGULAR MAIL, 10/31/17, WITH A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT SAYING, "EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL AS I MADE A SMOOTH AND SOFT LANDING HEADING OFF-CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  I FELT THE AIRPLANE START TO SKID

AS IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE NOSE SUNK DOWN, ALSO.  THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET.  I EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED THE UNDERSIDE AREAS OF THE NOSE, FUSELAGE AND WINGS IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION.  UPON INSPECTION, THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION, ALSO, BUT I AM NOT SURE IFL COULD HAVE

KNOCKED THE LEVER FROM THE DOWN POSITION WITH MY FOOT OR LEG WHEN EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.  EITHER I

INADVERTENTLY DID NOT PUT THE GEAR LEVER INTO THE DOWN POSITON, SINCE IT WAS SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE FROM

SANDY TO TROUTDALE OR IF I DID PUT THE GEAR LEVER DOWN AND THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND I HIT THE LEVER INTO

THE UP POSITION UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT."

THE PILOT RECORDS PROVIDED SHOW A PARTIAL BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT CHECK 01/17/2017, BUT NEVER COMPLETED.  NO OTHER BI-ANNUAL FLT CHECK DOCUMENTED GOING BACK AS FAR AS 09/01/2010.

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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