# Incident 20240318011109I: Beech 35-C33A, Denison, TX, March 18, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 18, 2024, 18:14 local time - Place: Denison, TX - Airport: North Texas Regional/Perrin Fld - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.7141° N, 96.6740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH TEXAS RGNL/PERRIN FLD (GYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7141&lon=-96.6740&mi=10 - Aircraft: N488DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N488DD) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33A - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 2,889 total, 140 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240318011109I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRMAN PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATING THAT HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING A POWER-OFF 180 MANEUVER AND CONDUCTED A NORMAL LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH THE INTENTION OF PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO. IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT FROM THE LANDING AND RESETTING THE AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF RESETTING THAT HE MAY HAVE EITHER BUMPED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH, ACTIVATED IT, AND QUICKLY MOVED IT BACK OR HE HAD SOME OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT 100% CERTAIN ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHILE THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH HE NOTICED A SMALL BOUNCE BEFORE THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED WHAT HIS NORMAL RESET PROCEDURE WOULD BE WHILE PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND HE STATED THAT HE WOULD TYPICALLY RETRACT THE FLAPS, APPLY POWER, AND LIFT BACK OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONCE AIRBORNE WITH A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB WOULD RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT SHOWED THAT IT CAME TO REST PERPENDICULAR TO TAXIWAY ECHO ON RUNWAY 35R, APPROXIMATELY 2,750’ FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DOOR WERE COMPLETELY RETRACTED, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS PARTIALLY RETRACTED, AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACKWARD INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED. PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE MARKINGS STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY 340’ SOUTH OF THE AIRCRAFT LOCATION. BASED ON THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS ON THE GROUND IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 48-61KTS AT THE TIME OF FIRST IMPACT. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWED AIRCRAFT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND HELD A VALID AIRWORTHINESS & REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. REVIEW OF PILOT RECORDS AND LOGBOOK SHOWED PILOT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS AND HELD THE APPROPRIATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT. ## Other reports on N488DD (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20241007022099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241007022099I), Oct 7, 2024: Beech 35-C33A (N488DD), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated: I was single pilot flying Monday 7,2024 returning to Mesquite. Received cleared to land on rw 36, did my gump, gas (on) and verified… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.