20220428006509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Princeton, NJ · April 28, 2022

Date
April 28, 2022 · 16:41 local
Place
Princeton, NJ
Airport
Princeton
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2015W
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total

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.

Pilot stated that he was on approach 39N and was landing on runway 28. He stated that entered the traffic pattern, extended the landing gear and flaps and conducted the before landing checklist. He stated that he observed the green gear down light while flying the downwind and also while using the checklist. He stated he did not check the gear light again when crossing over the airport boundary. He stated that he touched down, rolled out about 100 feet and the gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH 39N AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. HE STATED THAT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS AND CONDUCTED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT WHILE FLYING THE DOWNWIND AND ALSO WHILE USING THE CHECKLIST. HE STATED HE DID NOT CHECK THE GEAR LIGHT AGAIN WHEN CROSSING OVER THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. HE STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN, ROLLED OUT ABOUT 100 FEET AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N2015W · 5

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