# Incident 19990307039629I: Beech A36, Kissimmee, FL, March 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1999, 14:51 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4556M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4556M) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 40 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307039629I

## Narrative

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

ON MAR 1, 1999, AT APPROX. 1451 LOCAL, N4556M A BE-36-A36 FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO KISSIMMEE, FL, EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WHILE TRYING YO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR (NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION) PILOT CONTACTED THE KISSIMMEE ATCT AND MADE A FLY-BY AFTER EXTENDING THE GEAR. KISSIMMEE ATCT TOLD THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  ANOTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN CALLED OUT THAT HIS LANDIGN LIGHT WAS VISIBLE.  PILOT MADE A SOFT FIELD LANDING, WHEN THE RT GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT AND FINALLY COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE REMAINING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OT PASSENGER.  MINOR DAMAGE TO ACFT.

## Other reports on N4556M (1)

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

- [Incident 19910519030679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910519030679I), May 19, 1991: Beech A36 (N4556M), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Pilot stated he did not put gear down and landed gear up.

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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