# Incident 20070130001429I: Beech A36, Oxford, CT, January 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N488DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N488DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 23 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070130001429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ (AIRCRAFT OWNER) AND ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WERE COMPLETING A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS (LOSS OF POWER). THEY IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WHILE SLOWLY GAINING ALTITUDE. UPON APPROACHING THE AIRPORT, THEY PERFORMED THE LANDING CHECKLIST. WHEN THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD NOT LOST ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUGGESTED THEY PERFORM A 360 DEGREE RIGHT HAND TURN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE MANEUVER, THE PILOT MADE A LANDING WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASSURED THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY.

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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