# Incident 20010310006289I: Beech 35BEECH, Lompoc, CA, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Airport: Lompoc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6656° N, 120.4675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOMPOC (LPC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6656&lon=-120.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N446B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N446B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E18511
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 778 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310006289I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19921128053999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921128053999I), Nov 28, 1992: Beech 35BEECH (N446B), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. Loud noise on gear retraction. Manually lowered gear. Continued to destination. Arm of retraction bellcrank broke.

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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