# Incident 20071105827609I: Beech B60, Concord, CA, November 5, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2007, 17:16 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 75 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071105827609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED ACTUATING LANDING GEAR, HEARING A MUFFLED POP AND SEEING THE NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT HAND MAIN WHEEL INDICATOR LAMPS INDICATE GREEN;RIGHT HAND GEAR LAMP INDICATED UNSAFE. BOTH AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS REPORTED THAT THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENED. PILOT RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND REPORTED SEEING CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN AGAIN. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND HAD PASSENGER MECHANIC ATTEMPT LOWERING GEAR MANUALLY USING THE EMERGENCY HAND CRANK. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION ALSO FAILED. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND REPORTED SEEING THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR FULLY RETRACTED WITH ITS GEAR DOOR CLOSED. THE OTHER LANDING GEAR WHEELS WERE OBSERVED FULLY EXTENDED. THE PASSENGER REPORTED PULLING UP THE AIRCRAFT FLOOR BOARD INSPECTION PANELS AND OBSERVING THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR RETRACT ROD ASSEMBLY CONNECTOR LINKAGE BETWEEN THE LANDING GEAR BOX AND RIGHT HAND RETRACT ROD ASSEMBLY BOWED UP AND BENT. PILOT WAS ABLE TO ELECTRICALLY RETRACT THE REMAINING LANDING GEAR WHEELS AND PERFORM A SAFE GEAR UP LANDING.

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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