# Incident 19970605013519I: Beech A36, Charlottesville, VA, June 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2050N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2050N) (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: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970605013519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 5, 1997, UPON LANDING AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, ALBERMARLE AIRPORT, VIRGINIA, A NOISE WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. THE PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND, REPORTED THAT HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES, INBOARD PORTION OF THE FLAPS, PASSENGER STEP, AND ANTENNAS. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A DEFECTIVE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR EXTENSION/RETRACTION LINKAGE. FURTHER TESTS OF THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM, EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM WERE SATISFACTORY. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION, AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. OSWALD HAS PASSED A REEXAMINATION FLIGHT TEST. 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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