# Incident 20101211053709I: Beech A36, Danbury, CT, December 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Muncipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3948° N, 73.4540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3948&lon=-73.4540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3034C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3034C) (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 MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101211053709I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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