# Incident 20211022022959I: Beech V35B, Easton, PA, October 22, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2021, 15:30 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Braden Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7422° N, 75.2429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADEN AIRPARK (N43), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7422&lon=-75.2429&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17650, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 406 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211022022959I

## Narrative

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

FROM THE NARRATIVE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

AS I APPROACHED N43 I RADIOED ON 123.0 THAT I WOULD BE OVERFLYING THE FIELD, WHICH I DID SO NEAR PATTERN ALTITUDE.  I WANTED TO SEE THE DIRECTION OF THE WINDSOCK.  THE WINDSOCK DID NOT SHOW ANY WIND.  I DECIDED TO TRAVERSE THE FULL PATTERN OF THE AIRPORT FOR A LANDING ON 36.  I CHECKED MY LANDING CHECK LIST AND MADE A MENTAL NOTE THAT I DID NOT NEED TO DROP BY GEAR THIS EARLY.   I ENTERED ON THE BASE, I THEN FLEW UP-WIND, THEN THE CROSSWIND, THEN THE DOWNWIND, THEN BASE, THEN FINAL ALL FOR 36.  I NORMALLY ENTER ON THE CROSSWIND TO BASE LEG FOR 36.  I HAVE DONE THIS MANY, MANY TIMES SO I KNOW IT BY HEART.  ADDING THE ADDITIONAL PATTERN WORK THREW OFF MY ROUTINE.  I DID NOT CHECK MY LANDING CHECK LIST AGAIN.  NO EXCUSE, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.  I WAS JUST SO USED TO THE SAME PROCESS.  I DID MY CHECK LIST EARLY IN THE PATTERN AND MADE A MENTAL NOTE THAT I DID NOT NEED TO DROP BY GEAR THAT SOON.  I DIDN'T CHECK AGAIN AFTER THAT.

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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