# Accident 20250513007559A: Beech P35, State College, PA, May 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2025, 13:10 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8500° N, 77.8476° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8500&lon=-77.8476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2840R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2840R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,755 total, 1,890 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250513007559A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALLENTOWN AIRPORT (KABE) ON A IFR FLIGHT TO UNIVERSITY PARK AIRPORT (KUNV). THE WEATHER WAS IFR AND IMC CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF APPROACH AND LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON VECTORS TO THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR THE RNAV APPROACH TO RUNWAY 6 AT KUNV. THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE ESTABLISHING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE INBOARD COURSE FOR THE APPROACH, THIS IS EVIDENT BY THE REVIEW OF THE FLIGHT TRACK ON FLIGHT AWARE. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE DISTRACATION OF ESTABLISHING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE APPROACH CAUSED HIM NOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 6 AT KUNV WITH THE GEAR UP. IN THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY BY A CRANE. THE MECHANIC ON SCENE INDICATED THE GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE UP POSITION. WHEN THE MECHANIC ACITIVATED THE GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA205), May 13, 2025: Beech P35 (N2840R), Houserville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Other reports on N2840R (1)

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

- [Incident 20170823017329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170823017329I), Aug 23, 2017: Beech P35 (N2840R), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend landing gear prior to landing. The aircraft touched down 1494 feet on runway 24, and skid on airframe for 971 feet. An airport police…

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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