# Incident 20030324035129I: Beech D35, Show Low, AZ, March 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOW LOW RGNL (SOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2994B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2994B-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,743 total, 56 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030324035129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING "FLIGHT FOR LIFE" BLOOD DELIVERY FROM GOODYEAR, AZ. TO SHOW LOW, AZ. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT THE PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS WERE FROM 210 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT STATED: "I LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON DOWNWIND AND GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WHICH I VERBALLY REPORTED TO MY PASSENGER. THE TOUCH DOWN WAS SMOOTH AND ON, OR NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER ABOUT 50 YARDS OF ROLLOUT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THE OTHER TWO GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE LEFT HALF OF THE RUNWAY." THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT AT THE AIRPORT. HOWEVER, THE AIRPORT MANAGER DOCUMENTED THE POSITION AND CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IT BEING REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY. THE PHOTOS SHOW THE MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED (APPROX. ONE FOOT) WITH THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON THE INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS ARE OPEN BUT THE GEAR IS NOT EXTENDED BELOW THE FUSELAGE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF EXTENSION AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND UPON LANDING.

## Other reports on N2994B (1)

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

- [Accident 19740527014069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740527014069A), May 27, 1974: Beech D35 (N2994B), Marfa, TX, Substantial damage. Plt stated gr warning horn inop about 300 hrs.

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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