# Incident 19981120044279I: Beech A36, New Orleans, LA, November 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1998, 20:10 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: C7RA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17520, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17520) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981120044279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 010 AT NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSY). PILOT GAVE NO INDICATION OF A GEAR PROBLEM. PERSONNEL WHO REMOVED AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY FOUND GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. GEAR WAS MANUALLY LOWERED AND A/C MOVED TO HANGER. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION TEST PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. THEY REPORTED FUNCTION TO BE NORMAL. I HAD THE CREW RE-SWING THE GEAR TWICE. FUNCTION WAS NORMAL EXCEPT THERE WAS NO WARNING HORN. THEY FOUND THE HORN WIRE DISCONNECTEDWIRE WAS MOMENTARILY CONNECTED AND HORN WORKED. WHEN REVIEWED LAST THREE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, WHICH INCLUDE GEAR RETRACTION, IN LOCAL COPIES OF RECORDS WITH NO HISTORY OF GEAR PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N17520 (3)

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

- [Incident 19921120050629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921120050629I), Nov 20, 1992: Beech A36 (N17520), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Pilot departed taxiway and ran into a ditch. Pilot stated he was blinded by auto lights and wet taxiway.
- [Incident 19921015049989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921015049989I), Oct 15, 1992: Beech A36 (N17520), Jennings, LA. Engine failed on climbout. Forced landing in a cropduster airfield.
- [Incident 19860701058149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860701058149I), Jul 1, 1986: Beech A36 (N17520), San Angelo, TX, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear on rollout. Damage to gear, propeller and nose gear doors.

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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