# Incident 20000114000369I: Beech A36, Manhattan, KS, January 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2000, 13:13 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4979M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4979M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 7,300 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/20000114000369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTORS STATEMENT:  MR. ERIC WILLARD LAGER, PILOTS CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1544951, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                         WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF HIS BEECHCRAFT BE-36-A36, SN.E-1281, N4979M ON 01-14-00.  MR. LAGER WAS INTRANSIT BETWEEN PAGOSA SPRINGS CO. AND ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY WHEN MR. LAGER NOTICED HE HAD A LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT BUT DUE TO SUN SHINNING DIRECTLY ON HIS INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS NOT SURE HOW LONG THELIGHT HAD BEEN ON.  HE WAS FLYING AT FL 180.  HE CONTACTED KANSAS CITY CENTER.  KANSAS CITY CENTER ASKED HIM WHAT MR. LAGER WOULD LIKE TO DO. HE REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH WAS MANHATTAN KS.  HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH BATTERY TO DO THE JOB  MR. LAGER INDICATED TO MYSELF AND INSPECTOR JOHN PARSONS THAT HE DID NOT USE THE POH AND PROCEEDED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR.  HE HAD NO CONTACT WITH MANHATTAN TOWER DUE TO LOW VOLTAGE BUT THE TOWER WAS CALLED BY KANSAS CITY CENTER AND ADVISED OF THEMIMPENDING PROBLEM.  MR. LAGER LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 21 AND ON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  MR. LAGER INDICATED THAT HE THINKS IF HE HAD CRANKED THE HANDL E ANOTHER TURN OR SO THAT THE GEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED DOWN.

## Other reports on N4979M (1)

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

- [Accident 20101014047629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101014047629A), Oct 14, 2010: Beech A36 (N4979M), Pagosa Springs, CO, Substantial damage. On 10/14/2010 at approximately 1705 LCL N4979M, a Beech A36, susstained substantial damage while landing at Pagosa Springs, CO (kpso). Two persons and one dog…

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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