# Incident 19970909029639I: Beech G35, Clarksdale, MS, September 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Clarksdale, MS
- Airport: Fletcher Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2997° N, 90.5123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLETCHER FLD (CKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2997&lon=-90.5123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970909029639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HARRY MC GEE AND I INTERVIEWED MR. JAMES PRYOR HAYS ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 9, 1997, AT CLARKSDALE AIRPORT. MR. HAYS STATED THAT HE ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR A FINAL TO RUNWAY 18, PERFORMED A GUMPS CHECKLIST AND SHOWED A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL LIFT WAS REDUCED AND THE FULL WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON THE GEAR. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED FIRST AND THEN THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE MECHANIC ON DUTY JACKED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND ATTEMPTED TO TOW IT AND THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. HE JACKED IT UP AGAIN AND EXTENDED THE GEAR ONCE MORE AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGER WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATION. UPON TALKING WITH THE MECHANIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ACTUATOR EXTENDER LINKAGE ROD END HAD SHEARED AND JAMMED THE GEAR EXTENDER LEVER PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN AND THE MAIN GEAR FROM BECOMING LOCKED IN PLACE. IT APPEARS THAT THE LEVER CYCLED ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE THE MICRO SWITCH AND GIVE A GEAR DOWN INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT.

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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