# Incident 20000908029559I: Beech A36, Kansas City, MO, September 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2000, 19:25 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59CM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,219 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908029559I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM KANSAS CITY TO MACON, MISSOURI. WHEN HE ARRIVED TO MACON AND ENTERED A DOWNWIND FOR THE RUNWAY, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO DEPLOY.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS, HE RETURNED TO THE KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 19.  BEECHCRAFT MECHANICS INDICATED TO ^PRIVACY DA^ THAT THE DYNAMIC BRAKE HAD FAILED ON THE GEAR MOTOR, AND THIS LET THE GEAR CRANK UP OVER CENTER, NOT ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO BE LOWERED.

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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