# Incident 20071103828359I: Beech M35, Mesa, AZ, November 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2007, 10:03 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9831R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9831R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071103828359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/3/07, AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 MST, THE PILOT DEPARTED FFZ RWY 4R AT FFZ IN BONANZA N9831R. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION, AND THE GREEN GEAR-DOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. HE PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE SWITCH BACK DOWN, AND THEN UP AGAIN. THE GREEN GEAR-DOWN INDICATOR STILL STAYED ILLUMINATED. HE PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION; THE GREEN GEAR-DOWN INDICATOR STAYED ILLUMINATED AND THE MANUAL NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR SHOWED THE NOSE GEAR WEAS DOWN. UPON LANDING, WHEN THE WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON THE NOSE GEAR, IT COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE TO A STOP. PRIOR TO REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN BUT NOT CLOSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS, AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TO BE PUSHED IN, ALLOWING ALL 3 GEAR TO LOCK DOWN.

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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