# Incident 20240415004169I: Beech G35, Statesville, NC, April 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2024, 13:35 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7650° N, 80.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATESVILLE RGNL (SVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7650&lon=-80.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4312D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4312D-2026-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,373 total, 7 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240415004169I

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024, AT ABOUT 1230 EST, A 1956 BEECH BE35 WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT STATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (SVH) IN STATESVILLE, NC.

PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED A PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND BELEIVED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET UP FOR THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  HIS FIRST INDICATICATION OF A GEAR ISSUE WAS WHEN HE NOTICED THE PROPELLER CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  POST EVENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.  WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSHED IN, THE GEAR OPERATED NORMAL.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY AND RELOCATED ON THE RAMP BEHIND THE FBO.

SAS TASK ID: T-EA68-FY24-1039

## Other reports on N4312D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870307015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870307015759I), Mar 7, 1987: Beech G35 (N4312D), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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