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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Lompoc, CA · March 10, 2001

Date: March 10, 2001 · 15:00 local
Place: Lompoc, CA
Airport: Lompoc Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N446B
Reported as: Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine: Continental E18511
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 780 total778 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N446BRegistered now · Beech 35S/N D-1462 · Built 1948 Airframe modelBeech 35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted is also an FAA aviation safety counselor. She said in signed written statement that while landing at lpc on March 10, 2001 she found the left landing gear did not extend. She landed with the left landing gear not extended, hit a runway light and then the a/c slowly stopped. The a/c was moved to the hangar. There were no fatalities, no one sustained any injuries. There was no damage to any other a/c or property, except this a/c and the rwy light. A similar signed written statement was made by passenger privacy data omittedwith pilot certificate privacy data omitted ^ N446B make/model BE-35-35 s/n D-1462. Left flaps was found to be damaged. The lower skin of the left wing, showed signs of deep scratches, dents and tear. The left wingtip lower rear side has signs ofscrape marks. The left landing gear retracting rod p/n 35-815125-12 was found bent. Retraction test was done on last annual 2-6-01. A/c maintenance logs were checked found sat.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS ALSO AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY COUNSELOR. SHE SAID IN SIGNED WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT WHILE LANDING AT LPC ON MARCH 10, 2001 SHE FOUND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. SHE LANDED WITH THE LEFT LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED, HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT AND THEN THE A/C SLOWLY STOPPED. THE A/C WAS MOVED TO THE HANGAR. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, NO ONE SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER A/C OR PROPERTY, EXCEPT THIS A/C AND THE RWY LIGHT. A SIMILAR SIGNED WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS MADE BY PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^WITH PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY ^ N446B MAKE/MODEL BE-35-35 S/N D-1462. LEFT FLAPS WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED. THE LOWER SKIN OF THE LEFT WING, SHOWED SIGNS OF DEEP SCRATCHES, DENTS AND TEAR. THE LEFT WINGTIP LOWER REAR SIDE HAS SIGNS OFSCRAPE MARKS. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR RETRACTING ROD P/N 35-815125-12 WAS FOUND BENT. RETRACTION TEST WAS DONE ON LAST ANNUAL 2-6-01. A/C MAINTENANCE LOGS WERE CHECKED FOUND SAT.

Other reports on N446B · 1

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

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