# Incident 20100409047289I: Beech A35, Daytona Beach, FL, April 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2010, 23:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N849W-2010-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 2 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100409047289I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED 7FLG AND VFR INBOUND TO DAB.  ON APPROACH GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND.  AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM IN THE PATTERN FOR AN HOUR AND NOT ABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR,  PILOT WAS SETTING UP TO LAND  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 34/16.  UPON TEAR DOWN AND REPAIR IT WAS FOUND THE BELLCRANK FOR THE  NOSE GEAR HAD BROKEN PREVENTING THE GEAR TO EXTEND EITHER MANUALLY OR MECHANICALLY.

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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