# Incident 20020830026299I: Beech A36, Fairhope, AL, August 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2002, 18:15 local time
- Place: Fairhope, AL
- Airport: Fairhope Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5190° N, 87.8792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairhope, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5190&lon=-87.8792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7231R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7231R) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020830026299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER INSTALLING A NEW ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM, A TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ALSO COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT NEITHER HE NOR THE PASSENGER REMEMBERS TOUCHING THE GEAR HANDLE AFTER LANDING BUT THAT AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER SAID THE GEAR SELECTOR DETENT HAD BEEN INOPERABLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY UNCOMMANDED LANDING GEAR RETRACTIONS OR EXTENSIONS.

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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