20060319004289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Santa Rosa, CA · March 19, 2006

Date: March 19, 2006
Place: Santa Rosa, CA
Airport: Sonoma County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7777J
Reported as: Beech D35
Reported engine: Continental E185*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total12 in the last 90 days

N7777JRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Beech D35S/N D-3519 · Built 1953 Airframe modelBeech D35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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 statement indicated he had made several take off and landings before incident. Pilot placed a tool bag behind the pilot seat on the floor. The cloth handle on the tool bag wrapped around the emergency down crank handle behing the pilot seat. This caused the emergency valve to opend during landing. The result caused the gear not to extend properly and caused the gear to collapsed on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT INDICATED HE HAD MADE SEVERAL TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS BEFORE INCIDENT. PILOT PLACED A TOOL BAG BEHIND THE PILOT SEAT ON THE FLOOR. THE CLOTH HANDLE ON THE TOOL BAG WRAPPED AROUND THE EMERGENCY DOWN CRANK HANDLE BEHING THE PILOT SEAT. THIS CAUSED THE EMERGENCY VALVE TO OPEND DURING LANDING. THE RESULT CAUSED THE GEAR NOT TO EXTEND PROPERLY AND CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSED ON LANDING.