# Incident 20190928018369I: Beech F33A, Benton, AR, September 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5774° N, 92.5726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5774&lon=-92.5726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190928018369I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 AT APPROX. 1700 LCL N321DB, BE-36A, HAD A GEAR UP INCIDENT AT THE SALINE COUNTY AIRPORT, KSUZ WHILE WAS RETURNING FROM PINE BLUFF, AR ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. N321DB ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT SALINE COUNTY AND PERFORMED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING THE TOUCH AND GO'S, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, N4315Q, DEPARTED SALINE COUNTY AND REMAINED IN THE PATTERN WITH N321DB. ON THE INCIDENT TRAFFIC PATTERN N321DB CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND DUE TO N4315Q ENTERING RUNWAY 20. DURING THE GO AROUND THE CFI SIDE STEPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO FALL IN BEHIND N4315Q. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THEY BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND FAILED TO PERFORM ANY CHECKLIST. THEY REENTERED THE PATTERN BEHIND N4315Q AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. DUE TO THE DISTRACTION OF THE PILOTS, THE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS LEFT UNCOMPLETED. NEITHER PILOT CHECKED THE POSITION OF THE GEAR ON DOWNWIND, BASE OR FINAL FOR RUNWAY 20. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY DID NOT REALIZE THE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION UNTIL THEY HEARD METAL SCRAPING THE RUNWAY. AT THAT POINT THE CFI ASSUMED CONTROLS AND COMMITTED TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID A SHORT DISTANCE ON THE NOSE AND REAR PASSENGER STEP AND COME TO REST ON RUNWAY 20.

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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