# Incident 20200508003479I: Beech V35A, Casa Grande, AZ, May 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2020, 07:22 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43RH-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,092 total, 407 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200508003479I

## Narrative

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

AT 0722 ARIZONA STANDARD TIME (AST) N43RH, A BEECH BONANZA, BE-35-V35A MADE A FIRST ATTEMPT LANDING AT CASA GRANDE MUNI AIRPORT (CGZ).  THE AIRCRAFT PREVIOUSLY TOOK OFF FROM CHANDLER MUNI AIRPORT (CHD) AROUND 0600 AST.  DURING THE FIRST ATTEMPT LANDING A CGZ, N43RH APPROACHED RUNWAY (RWY) 22 AND PROCEED TO LAND.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REACHED OVER TO CYCLE THE FLAPS TO THE UP POSITION BUT DID NOT VERIFY HIS SELECTION AND MOVED THE ACTUAL LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POSITION CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND STARTED TO SKID DOWN THE RUNWAY WHILE THE PROP WAS STRIKING THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND SETTLED ON RWY 22 AT CGZ.  ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED  AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED UP ON IT GEAR AND NO STRUCTURAL DEFECTS WERE NOTED UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  1 PERSON WAS ONBOARD.  COUNSELING WAS PROVIDED TO THE PIC FOR GEAR MISMANAGEMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE A SELECTIVE VERIFICATIONS AND CALLOUTS IN ORDER HELP PILOTS REMEMBER THEY ARE GRABBING THE RIGHT LEVER.  THE PIC WAS COMPLETELY COOPERATIVE IN PROVIDING INFORMATION AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.

## Other reports on N43RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20010330006269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010330006269I), Mar 30, 2001: Beech V35A (N43RH), Napa, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During takeoff from the Napa airport, the passenger attempted to reach for her purse and accidentally struck the landing gear switch with her leg which…

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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