# Incident 20050327004869I: Beech A36, Nantucket, MA, March 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2005, 19:19 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,000 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/20050327004869I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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