# Incident 20050117001619I: Beech 76, Orlando, FL, January 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2005, 17:04 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VLCS
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3726D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 123 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050117001619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL STUDENT OBSERVED NORMAL LANDING GEAR DOWN & LOCKED INDICATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES IN PREPARATION FOR CROSSWIND LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 9L AT KSFB, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (RMLG) COLLAPSED. CROSSWIND NOT A FACTOR IN GEAR COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, COMING TO REST ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING IN THE GRASS JUST BEYOND TAXIWAY L. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING RIGHT ENGINE, PROP, FLAP, AND WINGTIP. DAMAGE DOES NOT MEET NTSB 830 CRITERIA FOR "SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE". AIRCRAFT PLACED ON JACKS IN HANGAR FOR LANDING GEAR DEMONSTRATION. INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA^ OBSERVED DOWN & LOCKED MICROSWITCH ON THE RMLG JAMMED IN THE KNEE JOINT, EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING THE KNEE FROM LOCKING OVER-CENTER, YET PRESENTING THE CREW WITH A DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS COULD ONLY OBTAIN A TRUE DOWN & LOCKED CONDITION ON THE RMLG BY FORCING THE PLUNGER OF THE MICROSWITCH INTO ITS HOUSING, THEREBY FREEING THE JAM AND ALLOWING THE KNEE TO PROGRESS TO THE OVER-CENTER LOCKED POSITION. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH SAME RESULT EACH TIME.

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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