# Incident 19860713055259I: Beech 3533, Van Nuys, CA, July 13, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1986, 17:57 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N961T-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 3533
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860713055259I

## Narrative

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

GRINDING NOISE HEARD WITH GEAR EXTENSION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN LOWERED TO RUNWAY. RETRACT ROD FAILED AT ROD END

## Other reports on N961T (1)

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

- [Accident 19961115035919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961115035919A), Nov 15, 1996: Beech 3533 (N961T), Apple Valley, CA, Substantial damage. During descent to airport lost power fuel selected left aux. Unable restart full main. Crashed, fuel line clogged.

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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