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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Los Angeles, CA · April 12, 2004

Date: April 12, 2004 · 23:39 local
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Airport: Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N451B
Reported as: Beech A35
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total1,300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N451BRegistered now · Beech A35S/N D-1776 · Built 1948 Airframe modelBeech A35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) N451B a bonanza BE-35 gear collapsed on landing at Whiteman Airport pacoima, CA (whp) on April 12, 2004 at 2339PDT. Minor damage and no injuries were reported. An airworthiness inspection indicated the nature of the damage is consistent with the gear being selected up on the ground. The aircraft was jacked by privacy data omitted at hangar 32 (Whiteman) and the gear worked perfectly both in extension and retraction as did the gear warning horn. The pilot of N451B stated that during the departure from las vegas, mccarran airport, a momentary electrical interruption was noted. The pilot stated, "the panel went black". The pilot also stated that electrical power to the aircraft was restored when the alternator switch was switched off and then on. Although there is no evidence to support the exact cause of the incident, an electrical short may have been associated with the collapse of the landing gear during the rollout after landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N451B A BONANZA BE-35 GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT PACOIMA, CA (WHP) ON APRIL 12, 2004 AT 2339PDT. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION INDICATED THE NATURE OF THE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GEAR BEING SELECTED UP ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ AT HANGAR 32 (WHITEMAN) AND THE GEAR WORKED PERFECTLY BOTH IN EXTENSION AND RETRACTION AS DID THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE PILOT OF N451B STATED THAT DURING THE DEPARTURE FROM LAS VEGAS, MCCARRAN AIRPORT, A MOMENTARY ELECTRICAL INTERRUPTION WAS NOTED. THE PILOT STATED, "THE PANEL WENT BLACK". THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTORED WHEN THE ALTERNATOR SWITCH WAS SWITCHED OFF AND THEN ON. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING.