# Incident 20070904826739I: Beech A36, Waukesha, WI, September 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2007, 13:58 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0411° N, 88.2376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUKESHA COUNTY (UES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0411&lon=-88.2376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998PL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 918 total, 421 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070904826739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF THE LEFT MLG (MAIN LANDING GEAR) LOWER TORQUE KNEE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE MLG ASSEMBLY. THIS CONDITION CAUSED THE GEAR TO OVER EXTEND SO IT WOULDN'T CLEAR THE GEAR WELL UPON RETRACTION. THE PRESSURE OF THE MOTOR TRYING TO BRING THE GEAR UP CAUSED THE PUSH-PULL TUBE TO BEND AT THE INBOARD ATTACHING POINT, THE MICRO-SWITCHES TO MALFUNCTION AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTIONING SWITCHES, COULDN'T GET A GEAR SAFE INDICATION. HE FLEW PAST THE TOWER WHICH CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN THE LEFT MLG STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN GEAR UPPER TRUNNION AND THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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