# Incident 20241007022099I: Beech 35-C33A, Mesquite, TX, October 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE METRO (HQZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&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: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241007022099I

## Narrative

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

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 UNDERCARRIAGE (DOWN) DID NOT VERIFY, MADE #2 RADIO CHANGE, MONITORING SPEED AND FLAPS AND DESCENT MONITOR.

I DID NOT FOLLOW MY ROUTINE OF FOLLOWING GEAR DOWN LEAVER AND CONFIRM LIGHT ON.  WHEN I TOUCHED DOWN IT WAS ROUGH ON LEFT WHEEL LIKE A BAD TIRE THEN WHEN IT SLID TO A STOP.  I REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN!  I DID NOT HEAR A WARNING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON, IF GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.

## Other reports on N488DD (1)

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

- [Incident 20240318011109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240318011109I), Mar 18, 2024: Beech 35-C33A (N488DD), Denison, TX, Minor damage. 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…

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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