ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287118
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| Date: | Monday 16 March 2009 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D35 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N342R |
| MSN: | D-3422 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4033 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 BB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taos, New Mexico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Espanola, NM (E14) |
| Taos Airport, NM (TSM/KSKX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was landing at the non-towered airport after a cross country flight, when he made a "short approach", did not use any flaps, and kept an approach speed that was about 30 knots faster than normal. The student pilot said he didn't use his normal checklist procedure and that everything seemed to be going "too fast" when the airplane landed on the asphalt runway with the landing gear retracted and the skin on the belly of the fuselage was ground down to the main keel. There was no injury to the solo student pilot, but substantial damage to the fuselage structure.
Probable Cause: The failure of the student pilot to complete the before landing checklist. Contributing to the accident was his failure to lower the landing gear before landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09CA223
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2022 07:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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