# Incident 20020212005499I: Beech A36TC, Harlingen, TX, February 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2002, 10:12 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6748C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6748C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212005499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 12, 2002, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A BE36, N6748C, DEPARTED HARLINGEN AIRPORT AFTER RECEIVING A BATTERY CART START AS A RESULT OF LEAVING THE MASTER SWITCH ON AND RUNNING THE BATTERY DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE AS HE SELECTED "GEAR UP", THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BALCK AND LOST ALL COMMUNICATION. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE REMOVED THE COVER TO THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CRANK AND TURNED IT APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES TO THE RIGHT, CLOCKWISE. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN, SO THE PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT ASSISTED THE PILOT BY TURNING THE CRANK APPROXIMATELY 30 ADDITIONAL REVOLUTIONS TO THE RIGHT, CLOCKWISE. THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK PROCEDURES FOR EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY, REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 50 TURNS COUNTERCLOCKWISE. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND FAILED TO UTILIZE THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK, RESULTING IN TURNING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR CRANK IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, CRANKING THE LANDING GEAR UP INSTEAD OF THE DESIRED DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING.

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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