# Incident 19800218026639I: Beech A36, Mesa, AZ, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 17:33 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6739U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6739U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800218026639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. HE DID NOT GET GEAR WARNING HORN BECAUSE MICRO SWITCH WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

## Other reports on N6739U (2)

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

- [Incident 19930913038979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930913038979I), Sep 13, 1993: Beech A36 (N6739U), Toughenamon, PA, Minor damage. Witnes stated pilot landed hard on nose gear. Nose gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19831105056489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105056489A), Nov 5, 1983: Beech A36 (N6739U), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot was unable to lower gear normally or with emergency crank. Gear collapsed during landing roll.

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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