# Incident 20010909030289I: Beech N35, Lawrenceville, IL, September 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, IL
- Airport: Lawrenceville-Vincennes International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7643° N, 87.6055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTL (LWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7643&lon=-87.6055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N246EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010909030289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IGL 1920010032 - THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 27 AT LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT, LAWRENCEVILLE, IL. THE MECHANIC WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT STATED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN UNSTOWED AND SPINNING WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. FRAYED CARPET STRINGS WRAPPED AROUND THE SPINNING HANDLE, PREVENTING FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLE AND CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND THIS WAS THE THIRD LANDING. HE STATED HE HAD VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED BY USING A MIRROR ATTACHED TO THE WING, BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER IF HE VERIFIED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED BY USE OF THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT. HE FURTHER STATED HE BELIEVES A PASSENGER IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY KICKED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE CAUSING IT TO BECOME UNSTOWED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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