# Incident 20040208005229I: Beech A36, San Diego, CA, February 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2004, 01:52 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1665W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1665W-2024-10-12) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040208005229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DIVERTED HERMOSILLO, MX ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN CALEXICO, BUT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BROWN FIELD, SAN DIEGO. AS AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 8L AT BROWN FIELD, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FOUR OCCUPANTS IN AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION THROUGH AN ACCESS PANEL IN THE LOWER BELLY REVEALED A FAILED TIE-ROD END THAT ATTACHES FROM THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION TO THE NG RETRACT MECHANISM.

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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