# Incident 20000526026239I: Beech S35, La Verne, CA, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N200BW) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 40 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/20000526026239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 26, 2000 THE PILOT OF N200BW A BE-35-S35 AND TWO PASSENGERS DEPARTED LA VERN, BRACKETT FIELD (POC). AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT (GEAR DOWN LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED) THE PILOT MADE A REQUEST TO POC TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION (GEAR DOWN LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED). A FULL STOP LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD REPAIR WORK DONE ON N220BW AT SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL (SBD) IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. GEAR SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER THE WORK ON N200BW WAS COMPLETED, THE PILOT FLEW N200BW FROM SBD TO POC. WHILE PREPARING FOR LANDING AT POC, THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION (GEAR DOWN LIGHT ILLUMINATED). N200BW TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 LEFT AND AS THE A/C TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N200BW (1)

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

- [Incident 20020102003009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020102003009I), Jan 2, 2002: Beech S35 (N200BW), Corona, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On January 2, 2002, at 1:20 p.m. Mr. Don challenger departed brackett field, la verne, CA. Enroute to Corona airport, Corona CA. After entering the…

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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