# Incident 20210717010849I: Beech S35, St Augustine, FL, July 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2021, 10:25 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N961SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-BA (registry code 17230, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 816 total, 400 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210717010849I

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT THE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC HAD WITH THE PILOT AFTER THE INCIDENT: "THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN A TURNING MANEUVER AND WAS ALSO DISTRACTED BY AN ATC CALLOUT FOR TRAFFIC WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. HE TOLD ME HE WASN?T SURE IF HE HAD VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BY REFERENCING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN POSITION INDICATOR LIGHT. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL IF HE HAD OBSERVED AERODYNAMIC CHANGES OR SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MECHANICAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR DUE TO THE DISTRACTIONS DESCRIBED. HE ALSO ADDED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR A LANDING GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN".

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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