# Incident 19960810022239I: Beech A36, Southern Pines, NC, August 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1996, 23:00 local time
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Airport: Moore County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2374° N, 79.3890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOORE COUNTY (SOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2374&lon=-79.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72141, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72141-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810022239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 10, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 EDT, A BEECH A-36, N72141, PILOTED BY MR. HOWARD L. KIDMAN, A PRIVATE PILOT WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AT THE SOUTHERN PINES AIRPORT (SOP) IN PINEHURST, NC. DURING THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH, THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND RAISED THE GEAR. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE PILOT STATED HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN BUT THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FAILING TO LOWER THE GEAR. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT NOTICE THE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. MAINTENANCE AT SOP RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY AND OPERATED THE LANDING GEAR WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FAR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER IFR CONDITIONS AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N72141 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980512008939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980512008939A), May 12, 1998: Beech A36 (N72141), Davis, WV, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Inflight breakup IFR enroute in area moderate mixed icing. Design loads exceed in descending spiral or spin. (.4) the airplane was cruising on a southerly…

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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