# Incident 20021110032969I: Beech D55, San Jose, CA, November 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2002, 19:07 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2296V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2296V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021110032969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE AND A PASSENGER WERE ON FINAL TO STOCKTON, CA (SCK) AND DISCOVERED THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDING. THEY FLEW TO A NEARBY AIRPORT BYRON (C83) TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. NOT BEING ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, THEY FLEW TO LIVERMORE, CA (LVK) AND HAD THE CONTROL TOWER VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THEY NOTIFIED LVK OF THEIR INTENT TO LAND AT SAN JOSE, CA (SJC) AND PROCEEDED AS USUAL. THEY WERE CLEARED TO LAND BY SJC TOWER AND MADE AN INTENTIONAL GEAR-UP LANDING. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A DEFECTIVE GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH. THIS CAUSED THE GEAR MOTOR TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY IN THE "UP" DIRECTION WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT AND POP THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.

## Other reports on N2296V (1)

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

- [Incident 20010601013119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010601013119I), Jun 1, 2001: Beech D55 (N2296V), Stockton, CA, Substantial damage. (-23)Pilot states: departed alto morning of 06/01/01 for oxnard, CA. Flight normal. On return flight from oxnard that evening, he began experiencing electrical…

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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