# Incident 19960615013949I: Beech 35C33A, Phoenix, AZ, June 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277K-2016-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 65 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960615013949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 15, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY1030 MST, MR. GERALD PALLER WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF BEECH 35-C33A, N277K, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT DEER VALLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT'S INTENDED DESTINATION FOR THIS PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS FALCON FIELD IN MESA, ARIZONA. AFTER TAKEOFF, DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER EITHER POPPED OR WAS PULLED BY THE PILOT, WHO THEN ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION TO THE STOP POSITION. HE EXECUTED A LOW APPROACH PAST THE TOWER CAB, WHO RADIOED THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED DOWN. ON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 7R, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OVER-CENTER LINKAGE HAD FAILED. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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