OpenAirDocs.org

19960310033619I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Beech 3NM · Tucson, AZ · March 10, 1996

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
March 10, 1996 · 17:30 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Tucson International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3647
Reported as
Beech 3NM
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 in this make and model
N3647Registered now · Beech 3NMS/N CA-262 · Built 1952Airframe modelBeech 3NMEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on March 10, 1996, at about 1730 MST, a Beech BE-18, N3647, operated by mark a rebholz, landed gear-up at Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the personal flight. The aircraft received minor damage, and neither the pilot nor his 5 passengers were injured. The flight originated from nogales, Arizona at about 1655 MST. The flights original destination was chandler, Arizona, but the pilot elected to divert to Tucson when he encountered problems keeping the left engine running. A short time after the engine problem started, the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit and then the passengers reported smoke in the cabin. The pilot turned off fuel and oil to the left engine, and then fired the extinguisher. When the pilot put the gear handle down in order to land at Tucson, nothing happened. He then depressed the clutch pedal on the floor to free-fall the gear, and he felt it go down. He started cranking the gear the last few turns, reached the stop, and tried to rock the crank back and forth. He never got the green gear-down light. He began a go-around but was too low and slow to execute it. He turned back towards the runway, landing about half-way down runway 29R. Emergency equipment sprayed some foam on the right engine because it was smoking. Inspection found the electrical power lead arced from the ground service receptacle to the engine mount. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 10, 1996, AT ABOUT 1730 MST, A BEECH BE-18, N3647, OPERATED BY MARK A REBHOLZ, LANDED GEAR-UP AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TUCSON, ARIZONA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS 5 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NOGALES, ARIZONA AT ABOUT 1655 MST. THE FLIGHTS ORIGINAL DESTINATION WAS CHANDLER, ARIZONA, BUT THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO TUCSON WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS KEEPING THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING. A SHORT TIME AFTER THE ENGINE PROBLEM STARTED, THE PILOT SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND THEN THE PASSENGERS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE PILOT TURNED OFF FUEL AND OIL TO THE LEFT ENGINE, AND THEN FIRED THE EXTINGUISHER. WHEN THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN IN ORDER TO LAND AT TUCSON, NOTHING HAPPENED. HE THEN DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON THE FLOOR TO FREE-FALL THE GEAR, AND HE FELT IT GO DOWN. HE STARTED CRANKING THE GEAR THE LAST FEW TURNS, REACHED THE STOP, AND TRIED TO ROCK THE CRANK BACK AND FORTH. HE NEVER GOT THE GREEN GEAR-DOWN LIGHT. HE BEGAN A GO-AROUND BUT WAS TOO LOW AND SLOW TO EXECUTE IT. HE TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY, LANDING ABOUT HALF-WAY DOWN RUNWAY 29R. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT SPRAYED SOME FOAM ON THE RIGHT ENGINE BECAUSE IT WAS SMOKING. INSPECTION FOUND THE ELECTRICAL POWER LEAD ARCED FROM THE GROUND SERVICE RECEPTACLE TO THE ENGINE MOUNT. INCIDENT CLOSED.