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FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Stillwater, OK · April 17, 2024

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Date
April 17, 2024 · 10:15 local
Place
Stillwater, OK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
1NWJ
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N426B
Reported as
Beech A35
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
642 total265 in this make and model68 in the last 90 days
N426BRegistered now · Beech A35S/N D-1647 · Built 1957Airframe modelBeech A35Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was inbound into swo, during the first attempt to land the pilot hear strange sounds from the bottom of the aircraft and decided to go around. While going around the pilot noticed the landing gear failed to fully extend and manually extended the gear. Once the gear was extended the pilot asked the tower to verify that landing gear was down. After confermation from tower the pilot proceded to land the aircraft. During the pilots walk around the pilot noticed damage to main landing gear doors and to the propeller. 3 passengers were on board the aircraft with no injuries sustanied.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND INTO SWO, DURING THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND THE PILOT HEAR STRANGE SOUNDS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. WHILE GOING AROUND THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND AND MANUALLY EXTENDED THE GEAR. ONCE THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE PILOT ASKED THE TOWER TO VERIFY THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. AFTER CONFERMATION FROM TOWER THE PILOT PROCEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE PILOTS WALK AROUND THE PILOT NOTICED DAMAGE TO MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS AND TO THE PROPELLER. 3 PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES SUSTANIED.