# Incident 19990527023739I: Beech A36, Spirit Lake, IA, May 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Spirit Lake, IA
- Airport: Spirit Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3874° N, 95.1395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT LAKE MUNI (0F3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3874&lon=-95.1395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36GG-2012-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990527023739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 1999, MR. DAVISSON THE PIC OF AIRCRAFT N36GG, LANDED AT THE SPIRIT LAKE AIRPORT, SPIRIT LAKE IA, WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED.  MR. DAVISSON STATED BEFORE LANDING THAT HE DID LOWER HE LANDING GEAR AND THAT HE SAW THE THREE GREEN LIGHTS COME ON INDICATING THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  WITNESS STATEMENT STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  STATEMENT FROM MR. RICK MICHALSKI SERVICE MANAGER AT ELLIOT AVIATION DES MOINES, IA SAYS THERE WAS A MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR.  HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF MR. DAVISSON'S PILOT LOGBOOK REVEALED THAT HIS LAST FLIGHT REVIEW WAS APRIL 13, 1994.

## Other reports on N36GG (1)

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

- [Incident 20100522005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100522005849I), May 22, 2010: Beech A36 (N36GG), Winterset, IA, Minor damage. The ATP rated pilot was repositioning the aircraft from Winterset, IA (3Y3) to des moines, IA (dsm) after the aircraft had just had an annual inspection…

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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