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FAA accident report · Beech G35 · Grand Prairie, TX · February 18, 2023

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Date
February 18, 2023 · 18:15 local
Place
Grand Prairie, TX
Airport
Grand Prairie Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4210D
Reported as
Beech G35
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,080 total5 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N4210DRegistered now · Beech G35S/N D-4415Airframe modelBeech G35Engine modelContinental E225 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.

Pilot stated that he was ferrying the aircraft on a special flight permit in order to get an annual accomplished. He had been trying for a while to make the flight happen and had been having issues requesting an ADS-B adapt exemption which had delayed his departure. He also indicated that the special flight permit required him to land before sunset so he felt added stress prior to the flight due to the delays. The aircraft departed F41 enroute to kgpm. While on downwind the pilot stated he had to adjust his flight path due to another aircraft in the pattern which delayed when he would normally put the gear down. He also stated he was distracted using a handheld receiver and a sectional chart. The pilot stated he did not use a checklist, did not extend the gear, and landed on runway 18 with the gear up. Markings on the runway indicated the aircraft touched down just past the 1,000' markers and came to rest approximately 280' down the runway. On scene investigation showed no damage to the aircraft other than the impact of the fuselage with the ground and a bent propeller indicating the engine was running on impact. A follow up inspection performed four days later once the aircraft had been lifted up to extend the gear indicated the aircraft had received substantial damage as determined by the NTSB investigator due to the damage to the skin.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT IN ORDER TO GET AN ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHED. HE HAD BEEN TRYING FOR A WHILE TO MAKE THE FLIGHT HAPPEN AND HAD BEEN HAVING ISSUES REQUESTING AN ADS-B ADAPT EXEMPTION WHICH HAD DELAYED HIS DEPARTURE. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT REQUIRED HIM TO LAND BEFORE SUNSET SO HE FELT ADDED STRESS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT DUE TO THE DELAYS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED F41 ENROUTE TO KGPM. WHILE ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT STATED HE HAD TO ADJUST HIS FLIGHT PATH DUE TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN WHICH DELAYED WHEN HE WOULD NORMALLY PUT THE GEAR DOWN. HE ALSO STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED USING A HANDHELD RECEIVER AND A SECTIONAL CHART. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT USE A CHECKLIST, DID NOT EXTEND THE GEAR, AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 WITH THE GEAR UP. MARKINGS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN JUST PAST THE 1,000' MARKERS AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 280' DOWN THE RUNWAY. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN THE IMPACT OF THE FUSELAGE WITH THE GROUND AND A BENT PROPELLER INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ON IMPACT. A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION PERFORMED FOUR DAYS LATER ONCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LIFTED UP TO EXTEND THE GEAR INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS DETERMINED BY THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE SKIN.