# Incident 19990121011319I: Beech S35, Portland, OR, January 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1999, 13:05 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8902U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8902U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990121011319I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 21,1999, AT ABOUT 2:00 PM, THE HILLSBORO FSDO WAS NOTIFIED BY THE SEATTLE FAA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER THAT N8902U WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT THE PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PDX), PORTLAND, OREGON. THAT DAY AT ABOUT 3:15PM INSPECTOR JOHN R.CLARK ARRIVED AT FLIGHTCRAFT-PDX. INSPECTOR CLARK MET AND INTERVIEWED THE PILOT -IN-COMMAND OF N8902U, ERNEST PHILIP WAKEHOUSE. MR. WAKEHOUSE TOLD INSPECTOR CLARK THAT AT ABOUT 12:45PM, JANUARY 21,1999, HE DEPARTED PDX TO PERFORM A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. FLIGHTCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING THE TAKE-OFF PHASE FO FLIGHT HE JSELECTED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE TO THE "GEAR UP" POSITION. AFTER FLYING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES HE NOTICED HIS AIRSPEED WAS SLOW. HE THEN VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE "UP" POSITION. HE NOTICED NO CHANGE IN AIRSPEED. MR. WAKEHOUSE SAID HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR "DOWN" POSITION HE REQUESTED THAT THE TOWER LOOK AT HIS LANDING GEAR TO VERIFY IT WAS DOWN. AFTER CLEARANCE BY THE TOWER. MR. WAKEHOUSE LANDED ON RUNWAY 28R. AT TOUCH DOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY 28R. MR. WAKEHOUSE ADDEED THAT HE VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE "IN".INSPECTOR CLARK ASKED HIM IF THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. MR. WAKEHOUSE SAID, "I'M NOT SURE IF THE GREEN LIGHT WAS ON, BUT I THINK IT WAS". MR. WAKEHOUSE ALSO ADDED THAT HE USED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE "GEAR" WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTOR CLARK FOUND THAT THE PROPELLER WAS SEVERLY BENT AND ALL LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE DEMAGED.FURTHURMORE, HE FOUND MINOR WING SKIN DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING, AFT OF THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE. ALL DAMAGE FOUND WAS MINOR. INSPECTOR CLARK FOUND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE "DOWN" POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS IN THE DISENGAGED POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND IN THE ENGAGED POSITION. INSPECTOR CLARK TESTED THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THEY TESTED NORMALLY. INSOECTOR CLARK TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE.

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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