# Accident 20190626008039A: Beech N35, Caldwell, NJ, June 26, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2019, 12:38 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8750° N, 74.2806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8750&lon=-74.2806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1361Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1361Z-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,414 total, 126 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190626008039A

## Narrative

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

SUBJECT AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP, PROPELLER AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT KCDW. A VERBAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE SUBJECT AIRMAN REVEALED THE FOLLOWING. SUBJECT AIRMAN CONTACTED KCDW TOWER AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND NUMBER TWO FOR RUNWAY 22 BEHIND AN AIRCRAFT ON A BASE LEG FOR THE SAME RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED WHILE TRYING TO LOCATE THE LANDING TRAFFIC , THIS DISTRACTION CAUSED THE AIRMAN NOT TO EXTENDING THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING. THE AIRMAN STATED AS HE WAS CLOSE TO TOUCHDOWN ONE OF THE PASSENGERS YELLED OUT THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP, AT THE SAME TIME KCDW TOWER TOLD HIM THE GEAR WAS UP AND DO A GO AROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONLY A FEW FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRMAN PULLED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY ENGINE POWER, AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER AND SLID ON ITS BELLY OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY 22 AND TAXI WAY PAPA. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, AIRCRAFT BELLY AND ENGINE FIREWALL.

## 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 GAA19CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA427), Jun 26, 2019: Beech 35 (N1361Z), Caldwell, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's distraction while looking for traffic, which led to his failure to extend the landing gear before landing, and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a…

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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