# Incident 20091208052209I: Beech A35, Corvallis, OR, December 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2009, 16:01 local time
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Airport: Corvallis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4969° N, 123.2895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORVALLIS MUNI (CVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4969&lon=-123.2895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8577A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8577A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 556 total, 55 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091208052209I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/08/2009, PILOT OF N8577A, AN OLDER 1948  BONANZA WAS LANDING AT CORVALLIS OREGON AIRPORT FOR PURPOSES OF TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE TO INCLUDE TRANSITIONING INTO NIGHT LANDINGS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE PILOT FLEW OVER THE AIRPORT AND ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 35. HE PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO THE DOWN POSITION AND NOTICED THE CHANGE WITH DRAG AND NOISE.  HE THEN SAW A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A GENERATOR AND NOT AN ALTERNATOR. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED AND THE PILOT HADN'T NOTICED IT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRCRAFT HAVING WORKED ON IT IN INDUSTRY PRIOR TO THE FAA, INSPECTED IT AT CORVALLIS AFTER BEING MOVED INTO A HANGAR WITH THE GEAR SECURED DOWN. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOOR AND PROPELLOR. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS SHOWED DAMAGED INDICATIVE OF LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOORS DOWN AND NOT THE NOSE GEAR. FOLLOWUP GEAR SWING BY CORVALLIS AERO MAINTENANCE INDICATED THE GEAR COULD NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT POPPING A CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SHOWED A GREEN LIGHT WITHOUT BEING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER THE GEAR WAS DOWN WITH THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR. A FOLLOWUP REPORT AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IIC FROM THE OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND CORVALLIS AERO DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELLED TO VERIFY THE GEAR POSITION WHEN OPERATED BY LOOKING AT BOTH THE LIGHT AND MECHANICAL INDICATOR. ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED JULY 20, 2009. NO FURTHER ACTION PLANNED.

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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