# Incident 20021220033969I: Beech M35, Bremerton, WA, December 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Airport: Bremerton National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4902° N, 122.7650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bremerton National Airport (PWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4902&lon=-122.7650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340Z-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021220033969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON 1ST FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT CHECK. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VASHON, ISLAND, WA. AIRCRAFT ENROUTE TO BREMERTON, WA. PILOT REPORTED GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN WHILE ON 45 TO RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION HE HEARD A SLIGHT POP SOUND, PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE VERIFIED HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT ALONG WITH VISUAL INDICATION OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE GEAR INDICATION WAS VERIFIED THREE TIMES PRIOR TO LANDING AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON 12/23/02 AT THE BREMERTON AIRPORT, FOUND THE AFT ROD END FOR THE RETRACT ROD ASSEMBLY AT THE BELLCRANK ON THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY. SUSPECT THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR OVER RAN THE DOWN LIMIT SWITCH.

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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