# Incident 20100817051979I: Beech A36, Nashua, NH, August 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 71.4905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashua, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-71.4905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4325W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4325W-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100817051979I

## Narrative

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

CLEARED FOR GPS APPROACH @WST HEARD CLUNK ON LEFT MAIN.  TRIED FOR OVER AN HOUR TO CRANK GEAR DOWN UNSUCCESSFULLY.  HAD TWO GREEN (NOSE & RT MAIN) FLEW TO NASHUA (SHOP OF CHOICE) GEAR UP LANDING RWY 32.  GEAR UP LANDING WAS BY THE ADVICE OF MECHANIC (INFINITY AVIATION) PILOT CONCURRED AS NO LEFT GEAR WAS EVIDENT AFTER 2 LOW PASSES.NORMAL FULL FLAP LANDING 65-70K TOUCHDOWN.  POPPED DOOR ON FINAL, SOME SMOKE IN COCKPIT.  PILOT EXITED ACFT IMMEDIATEELY.  DID NOT SHUT DOWN MASTER UNTIL 5 MINUTES AFTER THE EVENT.

## Other reports on N4325W (3)

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

- [Accident 20121025025719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121025025719A), Oct 25, 2012: Beech A36 (N4325W), Hooksett, NH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. PIC suffered a catastrpohic heart attack while inflight. Aircraft came to rest on median strip near I-93 after striking a light stantion. Aircraft destroyed,…
- [Accident 19930706022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930706022799A), Jul 6, 1993: Beech A36 (N4325W), Falmouth, MA, Substantial damage. Hard landing bonce came down on nose gear. Nose gear torn off. Damaged prop. Destroyed engine. Blamed wind gust.
- [Incident 19790622017299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622017299I), Jun 22, 1979: Beech 36BEECH (N4325W), Beaumont, TX, Minor damage. Taxied behind a holding large prop jet, was blown off the runway into a REIL when the propjet applied power

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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