# Incident 20230810012949I: Beech D35, Needles, CA, August 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2023, 14:30 local time
- Place: Needles, CA
- Airport: Needles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7663° N, 114.6233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEEDLES (EED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7663&lon=-114.6233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 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/20230810012949I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EAGLE AIRPARK (A09) FOR NEEDLES AIRPORT (EED).  SEVERAL MILES OUT THE PIC RETARDED THROTTLE AND EXTENDED GEAR.  THE PIC HEARD THE SOUND OF THE GEAR GOING DOWN AND THE RED LIGHT WENT OUT.  THE PIC ALSO FELT THE DRAG OF THE GEAR.  THE PIC FLEW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20 AND STARTED HIS TOUCHDOWN. THE PIC HEARD A WARNING BUT WAS UNSURE IF IT WAS A GEAR WARNING OR STALL WARNING AS HE WAS TASK SATURATED WITH LANDING THE AIRCRAFT.  APON TOUCHDOWN THE PIC HEARD SCRAPING AND STARTED TO PULL POWER UNTIL THE PROP MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE PIC RETARDED THROTTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT IDENTIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BRAKER HAD POPPED AND THE GEAR NEVER FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN.

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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