# Incident 20230804011179I: Beech S35, North Las Vegas, NV, August 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2023, 19:55 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N774DF) (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, student
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 561 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230804011179I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC OF THIS AIRCRAFT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MAINTENANCE. THE PIC WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PATTERN AT VGT AND SAID THE INCREASED CHATTER COMING FROM THE TOWER, DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, CONFUSED HIM AND HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE STALL HORN. NO MECHANICAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT FATIGUED, NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, AND WAS NOT ON ANY MEDICATION AT THE TIME.

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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