# Accident 20090117000509A: Beech A36, Farmington, NM, January 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2009, 18:58 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7491° N, 108.1791° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7491&lon=-108.1791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8074P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8074P-2013-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 106 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090117000509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2009 AT 1858 MST, THE LANDING GEAR OF N8074P, A BEECH A36 BONANZA, COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER LANDING AT THE FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FMN).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY MPD, INC., A LARGE FLIGHT SCHOOL IN FARMINGTON.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS A 106 HOUR PRIVATE PILOT WHO HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN THE FLIGHT SCHOOL SINCE SEPTEMBER 2008.  THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ON DECEMBER 12, 2008.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE AND WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA137), Jan 18, 2009: Beech A36 (N8074P), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Collapse of the landing gear during landing due to the incorrect installation of the landing gear actuator. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to initiate the abnormal procedures…

## Other reports on N8074P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020711016999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020711016999I), Jul 11, 2002: Beech A36 (N8074P), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On take-off, aircraft exited runway to the left. Both main gear doors struck runway lights, causing minor damage to aircraft and damaging runway lights.…
- [Incident 20000528017649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000528017649I), May 28, 2000: Beech A36 (N8074P), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. (-23)On may 28, 2000, at approx 1600 MDT, a Beech A36, N8074P, registered to san juan pilot training, ic. Landed with the gear retracted at Four Corners…

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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