OpenAirDocs.org

20200628005779I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Beech H35 · Sherman, TX · June 28, 2020

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
June 28, 2020 · 10:30 local
Place
Sherman, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5438D
Reported as
Beech H35
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,212 total832 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N5438DRegistered now · Beech H35S/N D-5016 · Built 1957Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At about 10:30 am on Sunday June 28 following a 45 minute flight the aircraft landed gear up on a grass strip. The strip is located approximately 5 miles sw of gyi in north Texas. The strip is approximately 150' feet wide and 2400' in length. The wind at the time of the incident was out of 180 degrees at 18 gusting to 22. The strip is oriented 18/36. Conditions were mod turbulence clear below 2900' visibility 8-10 with haze. The PIC approached the field on a right base to 18, lowered the flaps and thought he lowered the gear. He adjusted the trim checked,fuel tanks slightly increased power to stop sink rate and correct for the headwind. The PIC indicated there was no gear horn sounding at this time. As he concentrated on the treeline at the approach end of the runway and kept power up for the sink rate he lowered the flaps again and upon passing the tree line cut the power and proceed to flare for touchdown. He heard the gear horn at that time, which he thought was the stall warning. The aircraft slid for about 130' on the grass and came to rest on a heading of 270 degrees. No injures to the PIC or passenger no smoke or fire. Prop damage, belly damage, exhaust damage, flap damage.

As the FAA filed it

AT ABOUT 10:30 AM ON SUNDAY JUNE 28 FOLLOWING A 45 MINUTE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON A GRASS STRIP. THE STRIP IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SW OF GYI IN NORTH TEXAS. THE STRIP IS APPROXIMATELY 150' FEET WIDE AND 2400' IN LENGTH. THE WIND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS OUT OF 180 DEGREES AT 18 GUSTING TO 22. THE STRIP IS ORIENTED 18/36. CONDITIONS WERE MOD TURBULENCE CLEAR BELOW 2900' VISIBILITY 8-10 WITH HAZE. THE PIC APPROACHED THE FIELD ON A RIGHT BASE TO 18, LOWERED THE FLAPS AND THOUGHT HE LOWERED THE GEAR. HE ADJUSTED THE TRIM CHECKED,FUEL TANKS SLIGHTLY INCREASED POWER TO STOP SINK RATE AND CORRECT FOR THE HEADWIND. THE PIC INDICATED THERE WAS NO GEAR HORN SOUNDING AT THIS TIME. AS HE CONCENTRATED ON THE TREELINE AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND KEPT POWER UP FOR THE SINK RATE HE LOWERED THE FLAPS AGAIN AND UPON PASSING THE TREE LINE CUT THE POWER AND PROCEED TO FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN. HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN AT THAT TIME, WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE STALL WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR ABOUT 130' ON THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 270 DEGREES. NO INJURES TO THE PIC OR PASSENGER NO SMOKE OR FIRE. PROP DAMAGE, BELLY DAMAGE, EXHAUST DAMAGE, FLAP DAMAGE.