# Incident 20070122002499I: Beech E35, El Cajon, CA, January 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2007, 15:40 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3236C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT E225*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070122002499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO LAND, HE HAD TROUBLE HEARING THE RADIO AND THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT DID NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE COULD HEAR THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED "DOWN", BUT COULD NOT GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN SELECTED DOWN. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE CONTROL TOWER VIA CELLULAR PHONE AND THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT HIS LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE LANDING APPROACH WAS MADE AND SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP WITHOUT INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, THE LEFT MAIN MOSTLY DOWN, AND THE RIGHT MAIN MOSTLY UP (RIGHT WING LOW). ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE WINGS, FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES, AND ENGINE FIREWALL WERE NOT DAMAGED. WHEN THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR ASKED THE PILOT IF HE HAD TRIED TO USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CRANK TO VERIFY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD NOT.

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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