# Incident 20060714013109I: Beech 36BEECH, Eastland, TX, July 14, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2006, 02:45 local time
- Place: Eastland, TX
- Airport: Eastland Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4149° N, 98.8097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTLAND MUNI (ETN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4149&lon=-98.8097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 736 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060714013109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT GEAR HANDLE DOWN, PILOT HEARD LOUD POP, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PERFORMED GO AROUND, HELD IN PATTERN WHILE TALKING WITH FAA COMM CENTER AND AIRPORT MECHANIC ON RADIO. PERFORMED SEVERAL EMERGENCY EXTENSION MANEUVERS, ALL UNSUCCESSFUL. LANDED WITH GEAR UP ON FOAMED RUNWAY, SKIDDED INTO GRASS. ENGINE STOPPED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS, BELLY SKINS, PROP STRIKE. AIRBAGGED AIRCRAFT @ WINGS, DISENGAGED MOTOR, HAND CRANK @ SECTOR GEAR. LOWERED GEAR AND LOCKED IN PLACE TOWED TO HANGAR. ALL OPERATIONS NORMAL. ASSUME SECTOR GEAR FAILURE. AWAITING INSURANCE COMPANY APPROVAL FOR TEARDOWN OF GEAR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY.

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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