Beechcraft G35 N437D

Summary

On 27 February 2011 at about 19:00 local time, a Beechcraft G35 registered N437D was involved in an accident near Brenham, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 February 2011 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Brenham Municipal Airport (11R)

Coordinates

30.2183, -96.3711

Aircraft

Beechcraft G35

Registration

N437D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cypress → Brenham

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11CA212

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during the approach resulting in a gear-up landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was arriving to land at a busy non-towered airport. He inadvertently forgot to extend the landing gear, partly because of the strong gusting headwind he experienced on final approach. His attention was directed toward making a smooth touchdown when he suddenly saw the propeller stop as it contacted the runway surface. After the airplane came to a stop, the pilot removed his electronic noise canceling headphones and he then heard the landing gear warning horn which was not wired into the audio interphone system. As a result of the impact sequence, there was substantial damage to the fuselage structure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.