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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Danbury, CT · December 11, 2010

Date: December 11, 2010 · 16:45 local
Place: Danbury, CT
Airport: Danbury Muncipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3034C
Reported as: Beech A36
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,145 total400 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3034CRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-2341 · Built 1986 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The airplane landed on runway 26 and without the landing gear extended. Runway 26 is 4,422 feet long by 150 feet wide with a displaced threshold of 734 feet and trees on the approach. The airplane propeller first impact with the runway was 1,250 feet from the displaced treshold. Evidence of propeller strikes continued another 862 feet until the airplane stopped sliding on its fuselage. The airplane came to rest 2,112 feet from the displaced threshold. Inspection by FAA found the landing gear switch in the down position and no evidence of an attempt to crank the landing gear down. The damage to the landing gear doors was typical to landing with the landing gear in transit during impact. The extreme bends to all three propeller blades indicates the engine was producing considerable power at the time of impact. The pilot stated he did extend the landing gear prior to landing. Once the aircraft was jacked up the landing gear operated up and down satisfactorily.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 AND WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. RUNWAY 26 IS 4,422 FEET LONG BY 150 FEET WIDE WITH A DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF 734 FEET AND TREES ON THE APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER FIRST IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY WAS 1,250 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED TRESHOLD. EVIDENCE OF PROPELLER STRIKES CONTINUED ANOTHER 862 FEET UNTIL THE AIRPLANE STOPPED SLIDING ON ITS FUSELAGE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST 2,112 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD.INSPECTION BY FAA FOUND THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION AND NO EVIDENCE OF AN ATTEMPT TO CRANK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WAS TYPICAL TO LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT DURING IMPACT. THE EXTREME BENDS TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES INDICATES THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.THE PILOT STATED HE DID EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED UP THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED UP AND DOWN SATISFACTORILY.