# Incident 20230904014129I: Beech J35, Watkins, CO, September 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2023, 10:18 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Colorado Air And Space Port
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7842° N, 104.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT (CFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7842&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 98 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230904014129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FULL STOP/TAXI BACKS AND KCFO. ON SECOND ITERATION PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS AT THE HIGH SIDE OF RED/LOW SIDE OF GREEN AND BECAME DISTRACTED MONITORING THE ISSUE. PILOT EXTENDED DOWNWIND. PILOT CONDUCTED GUMPS CHECK, BUT WASN'T SURE IF HE WOULD DO A GO AROUND OR CONTINUE FOR LANDING, AND DECIDED THAT IF HE CHOOSE TO LAND HE WOULD EXTEND GEAR ON FINAL. ON FINAL PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT IS AN OLDER MODEL WITH NO AUDIO GEAR HORN, AND THE GEAR LIGHT WAS BLOCKED BY THE YOKE.

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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