# Incident 20030720024029I: Beech F33A, Mansfield, OH, July 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2003, 21:45 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- Pilot flight hours: 2,125 total, 1,900 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/20030720024029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL IN MANSFIELD @ 2115 THE PILOT SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, NO INDICATION LIGHTS OR MOTOR RUNNING. THE PILOT CLAIMED TO HAVE PULLED AND RESET THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER AT LEAST 3, AND UP TO 6 TIMES, AS WELL AS RECYCLING THE GEAR. THE PILOT MADE THREE PASSES IN FRONT OF THE MFD CONTROL TOWER, ON THE FIRST PASS IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. ON THE SECOND AND THIRD PASS THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BUT THE TOWER COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE GEAR WAS LOCKED. THE PILOT SAID HE SAW THE "IN TRANSIT" LIGHT AT ONE POINT AND THOUGHT HE HEARD THE MOTOR RUN. AT APPROX. 2145 THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITHOUT A POSITIVE GEAR INDICATION. UPON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 600'. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS NEVER USED.

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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