# Incident 20230409004549I: Beech S35, Townsend, MT, April 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2023, 13:45 local time
- Place: Townsend, MT
- Airport: Townsend
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3312° N, 111.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOWNSEND (8U8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3312&lon=-111.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N190Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,600 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/20230409004549I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 9, 2023 AT APROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS THE PILOT DEPARTED HLN IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE PILOT ARRIVED AT 8U8 AND LANDED AT APROXIMATELY 1345 HOURS.  THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOR TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE HAD NO MECHANICAL FAULTS AND ADMITTED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  THE AIRPLANE WAS MOVED AFTER LANDING AND PUT IN THE PILOT'S HANGER.  MINER DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRPLANE AND THE PROP RESULTED FROM THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N190Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19990917033929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990917033929I), Sep 17, 1999: Beech S35 (N190Q), Plains, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that he landed approximately 30 minutes after sunset. While taxiing through the tie down area, which is not paved, he felt a bump from the…

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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