# Accident 20230218005289A: Beech G35, Grand Prairie, TX, February 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2023, 18:15 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4210D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4210D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 5 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230218005289A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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