# Incident 20000528017649I: Beech A36, Farmington, NM, May 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8074P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8074P-2013-09-30) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 51 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000528017649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 28, 2000, AT APPROX 1600 MDT, A BEECH A36, N8074P, REGISTERED TO SAN JUAN PILOT TRAINING, IC. LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN FARMINGTON, NM, DURING AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME & WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE & THE CERTIFICATED FLIGTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FARMINGOTN APPROX. 1 HOUR EARLIER.  THE PILOTS HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GOS WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEMS.  ON THE LAST ONE, THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.  REPEATED ATTEMPTS BY BOTH PILOTS (ELECTRICAL AND MANUAL) FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR.  THE INSTRUCTOR NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE EMERGNECY AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 29 (A DIRT STRIP).  EXMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED A FAILURE OF EITHER THE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH OR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RELAY.  THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER RETRACTION UNTIL THE GEAR BECAME JAMMED INTHE WHEEL WELLS POPPING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.  THE CONTROL TUBES HAD TO BE CUT TO EXTEND THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N8074P (2)

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

- [Accident 20090117000509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090117000509A), Jan 17, 2009: Beech A36 (N8074P), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 17, 2009 at 1858 MST, the landing gear of N8074P, a Beech A36 bonanza, collapsed shortly after landing at the Farmington, new Mexico municipal…
- [Incident 20020711016999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020711016999I), Jul 11, 2002: Beech A36 (N8074P), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On take-off, aircraft exited runway to the left. Both main gear doors struck runway lights, causing minor damage to aircraft and damaging runway lights.…

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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