# Incident 20220110000499I: Beech S35, Port Townsend, WA, January 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2022, 13:30 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Airport: Jefferson County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0538° N, 122.8106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEFFERSON COUNTY INTL (0S9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0538&lon=-122.8106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5657K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5657K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,933 total, 2,295 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220110000499I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT PORT TOWNSEND, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED GEAR UP LANDING. NTSB REVIEWED OWNER PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DETERMINED MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER STRIKE.

INTERVIEW WITH PILOT FOUND THEY PERFORMED THE LANDING APPROCH AND WHEN NEAR TOUCHDOWN, NOTED PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. CONSIDERED GO AROUND, BUT DECIDED TO PERFORM WHEEL UP LANDING. AFTER LANDING NOTED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED BEFORE LANDING.

## Other reports on N5657K (2)

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

- [Incident 20120128003229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120128003229I), Jan 28, 2012: Beech S35 (N5657K), Marana, AZ, Minor damage. The aircraft landed at Marana airport (avq) runway 12 with the landing gear partially down. The aircraft propeller, nose gear doors, inboard main gear doors,…
- [Incident 19861116069499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116069499I), Nov 16, 1986: Beech S35 (N5657K), Frederick, OK, Minor damage. In flight, oil pressure dropped and engine failed. A safe landing was made. Pilot medical was found to be expired.

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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