# NTSB CHI84LA305: Beech B-35, N3297V, Harrison, MI, July 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1984, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Harrison, MI
- Location: 44.0089° N, 84.8062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrison, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0089&lon=-84.8062&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA305
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA305

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - habit interference, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT INADVERTENTLY LANDED THE ACFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. HE SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR. MOST OF HIS 200+ HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME HAD BEEN IN FIXED GEAR ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3297V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-35
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-749
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-185-1 185 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack F. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 24, 1983, 11 hours before
- Departed: 5D3, OWOSSO, MI
- Destination: 48D, HARRISON, MI
- Airport: 5D3, Owosso Community, runway 10, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 238 total, 6 in this make and model, 216 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840722033879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840722033879A), Jul 22, 1984: Beech 35BEECH, Harrison, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear, landed aircraft gear up.

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.

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