# Incident 20020516014769I: Beech A36, Greensboro, NC, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61WB-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516014769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N61WB DEPARTED BWI ON MAY 16, 2002 DESTINATION GSO. ACCORDING TO THE PIC THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AT ABOUT 3,000 FT AFTER TAKEOFF. PIC DECIDED TO CONTINUE HIS FLIGHT TO GSO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED. PIC SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH INTO GSO AND HEARD THE GEAR GO PARTIALLY DOWN. WITHOUT ANY INDICATING LIGHTS TO CONFIRM THE GEAR POSITION THE PIC DECIDED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PIC DELEGATED THE DUTY OF CRANKING THE GEAR DOWN TO A PAX (OWNER) SO HE COULD CONCENTRATE ON FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. TO CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN WITHOUT AND INDICATING LIGHTS THE PIC CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN BY REACHING BEHIND HIM AND TRYING TO TURN THE HANDLE. UPON LANDING AT GSO THE PIC INDICATED THAT WHEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND HE KNEW THEY HAD CRANKED THE GEAR THE WRONG WAY AND THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN IT WAS UP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR UP AT GSO AT 1807 LOCAL TIME WITH NO INJURIES, MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N61WB (1)

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

- [Accident 20160218007759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160218007759A), Feb 18, 2016: Beech A36 (N61WB), Marshville, NC, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. The 2 leg flight of a Beech A36, N61WB originated from kexx (davidson county airport in lexington, NC). Before departing kexx, aircraft was topped off with…

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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