# Incident 19990721022789I: Beech A36TC, Olathe, KS, July 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1999, 22:50 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707LJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990721022789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WHEN GEAR EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. AFTER SECOND ATTEMPT, PILOT ELECTED TO CRANK GEAR DOWN.  PILOT STATED HE TURNED THE CRANK UNTIL HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND THE HANDLE BROKE FREE.  NORMAL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT.  SEE ATTACHED INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT.  THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE99IGA0076 IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.  THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT FROM ERNIE JARVIS, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR:  AFTER A GEAR UP INCIDENT INVOLVING BEECHCRAFT A36-TC, N707LJ, PERSONNEL FROM EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT, NEW CENTURY AIRPORT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT AND PLACED IT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE HANGAR.  ACCORDING TO MR. STEVE MOONEY, AN EMPLOYEE, WHEN HE REACHED THE AIRCRAFT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE "UP" POSITION, THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED, AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED.  BOTH INBOARD GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN APPROX. 6 INCHES.  THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION ROD WAS BENT AND THE ACTUATING ARM THAT ATTACHES THE GEAR BOX TO THE EXTENSION ROD FOR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT.  WHEN I ARRIVED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON JACKS.  THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED, SO MR. TIM CHANAY  AND A MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE HAND CRANK. EXCEPT FOR THE NOSE GEAR, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED TO DOWN AND LOCKED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS.  THE GEAR ALSO FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION WITH ELECTRICAL POWER ON THE AIRPLANE.  WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE PANEL LIGHTS DIMMED APPRECIABLY, AND THE GEAR DID NOT MOVE.  AFTER A SHORT TIME WE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE GEAR MOTOR.

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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