About the Campaign
Put Your Gear Down is a safety campaign of the American Bonanza Society Air Safety Foundation — focused on reducing landing-gear mishaps across the Beechcraft’ fleet.
A campaign built around one number.
Gear-up and gear-collapse mishaps represent over 40% of the total Bonanza, Debonair, Baron, and Travel Air accident record. They drive most insurance costs and underwriting decisions and are the single biggest threat to the longevity of the ABS fleet.
The Put Your Gear Down campaign — launching late June 2026 — is a multi-year, multi-channel effort to bring that number down. The website is the campaign’s permanent home: pilot and mechanic training, owner responsibilities, aftermarket technology, the pilot pledge, and a growing archive of articles and stories.
About the ABS Air Safety Foundation
The American Bonanza Society Air Safety Foundation is the safety arm of the American Bonanza Society — the type club for owners and operators of Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonair, Baron, and Travel Air aircraft. The Foundation produces training, conducts accident analysis, and runs targeted safety campaigns of which Put Your Gear Down is the latest.
How you can help
- Take the pledge — and send it to your insurance agent.
- Share the campaign with your hangar, your CFI, your mechanic.
- Submit your story — near-misses save airplanes.
- Become a sponsor — campaign funding goes directly to training production.