# Incident 20000624034769I: Beech A36, Grand Junction, CO, June 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2000, 13:24 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9418Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9418Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 789 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624034769I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATES THAT WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN. HE CONTACTED THE TOWER, WHO CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  HE THEN STATED HE PERFORMED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE.  HE STATED THE TOWER ONCE AGAIN CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  THE PILOT STATED HE ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP.  AN A&P MECHANIC AT TIMBERLINE AVIATION IN GRAND JUNCTION, CO STATED THE "LEFT HAND GEAR TUBE FROM THE LANDING GEARBOX TO THE LEFT GEAR WAS BENT AND CRACKED IN THE WHEEL WELL".  HE ALSO SAID, "IT APPEAR'S THE LEFT GEAR DID NOT UNLOCK AND THIS CAUSED THE TUBE TO BEND AND CRACK AS IT TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR".  HE FURTHER STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY BEEN REPAINTED.  HE SAID HE OBSERVED TAPE ON THE GREASE ZERK FITTINGS AND COVERING PLACARDS FROM THE LAST TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS PAINTED.  ON REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS, IT WAS FOUND THAT SOME AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANIDNG GEAR WERE NOT COMPLIED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^

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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