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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Nantucket, MA · March 27, 2005

Date: March 27, 2005 · 19:19 local
Place: Nantucket, MA
Airport: Nantucket Memorial
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N722P
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total2,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N722PRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-2219 · Built 1985 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported landing gear unsafe indication. Attempted manual extension and unable to crank gear down. Pilot reported only able to complete 15 revolutions on gear crank, flight manual calls for 50. Performed tower flyby. Tower reported unable to see gear status clearly due to hours of darkness. Pilot landed runway 15 and nose landing subsequently collapsed. Aircraft came to rest approximately half way down runway 15. Airport operations supervisor privacy data omitted reported nose landing gear actuator rod appeared bent.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. ATTEMPTED MANUAL EXTENSION AND UNABLE TO CRANK GEAR DOWN. PILOT REPORTED ONLY ABLE TO COMPLETE 15 REVOLUTIONS ON GEAR CRANK, FLIGHT MANUAL CALLS FOR 50. PERFORMED TOWER FLYBY. TOWER REPORTED UNABLE TO SEE GEAR STATUS CLEARLY DUE TO HOURS OF DARKNESS. PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 15 AND NOSE LANDING SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY 15. AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR ^PRIVACY DA^ REPORTED NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ROD APPEARED BENT.