# Incident 20230910014689I: Beech S35, Burlington, IA, September 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: Burlington, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8071° N, 91.1237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8071&lon=-91.1237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999GT) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,567 total, 90 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230910014689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH WITH A LONG FINAL APPROACH WAS USED. THE STRAIGHT IN APPROACH RATHER THAN HIS NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN CAUSED A BREAK IN HIS NORMAL LANDING ROUTINE.

HE STATED HE REALIZED TOO LATE THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.LANDING GEAR HORN WAS MISINTERPRETED.

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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