# Incident 20010807039069I: Beech K35, Omaha, NE, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 23:45 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Millard Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1960° N, 96.1123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLARD (MLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1960&lon=-96.1123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5397E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5397E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 300 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/20010807039069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 2345 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, BEECH K-35, N5397E, THE LH MLG COLLAPSED FOLLOWING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT OMAHA MILLARD AIRPORT RUNWAY 12. THE PIC AND 2 PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE LH MLG RETRACT ROD, BEECH PN 35-815125-12, FAILED WHEN THE PIC MANEUVERED FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. CONDITIONS STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE LANDING GEAR MAY HAVE BEEN MIS-RIGGED AND PREVENTED A POSITIVE DOWNLOCK OF THE LH MLG ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N5397E (1)

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

- [Incident 19881121065779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881121065779I), Nov 21, 1988: Beech K35 (N5397E), La Grange, TX, Minor damage. Made a gear up landing. Pilot stated he just forgot to put the landing gear down.

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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