# Incident 20191215021559I: Beech M35, Brenham, TX, December 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Airport: Brenham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2197° N, 96.3744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRENHAM MUNI (11R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2197&lon=-96.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7747B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7747B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 140 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191215021559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT ON DOWNWIND HE PERFORMED ?GUMPS?. HE STATED HE DOES NOT RELY ON THE LANDING GEAR INDICATORS FOR GEAR DOWN CONFIRMATION BECAUSE OF HOW DIMLY THEY ILLUMINATE. HE STATED HE USES THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR FOR GEAR DOWN CONFIRMATION. PILOT STATED HE ONCE AGAIN PERFORMED ?GUMPS? UPON TURNING BASE TO FINAL. PILOT DOES NOT RECALL HEARING AN AUDIBLE WARNING. UPON LANDING, WHEELS UP, HE STATED HE LOOKED AND NOTICED THE GEAR SWITCH STILL UP.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR SMALL PAINT SCRATCH MARK, ENGINE LOWER COWLING SCRATCH MARKS, FUSELAGE BOTTOM SKIN BEHIND THE FIREWALL SCRATCH MARKS AND PITOT TUBE PARTIALLY TORN FROM THE BASE.

THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT WHEN HE LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY AND THE GEAR LOCKED ON THE EXTENDED POSITION, BUT NO AUDIBLE WARNING WAS HEARD.

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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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