# Incident 20110104000059I: Beech A36, Shreveport, LA, January 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2011, 16:19 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3045E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110104000059I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A GEAR UP LANDING.  ON APPROACH INTO DTN AIRMAN NOTICE THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ELECTRICALLY AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED.  AIRMAN NOTIFIED TOWER OF THE PROBLEM, THEN PLACED GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION TO LET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER COOL DOWN.  AFTER COOL DOWN RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PLACED GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, AGAIN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, AIRMAN TRIED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THE CIRCUIT POPPED.  AIRMAN REVIEWED THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES.  THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WHILE IN THE ENGAGED POSITION WOULD NOT ROTATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE AS STATED IN THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING HANDBOOK OR CLOCKWISE.  AIRMAN DETERMINED IT WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE A PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING.  MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION TO DETECT ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE GEAR BOX, MOTOR AND GEAR RETRACT MECHANISM, AND NONE WERE DETECTED.  TECHNICIAN OBSERVED THAT THE GEAR UP MICROSWITCH ARM WAS PUSHED ABOUT ½ " FURTHER THEN NORMAL, AND THAT EXTREME FORCE WAS ON ALL LINKAGES ATTACHED TO THE GEAR BOX.   OWN OF THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT AUTHORIZE THE TECHNICIAN TO PERFORM ANY ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE, BUT TECHNICIAN SUSPECTS COMPONENTS OF GEAR UP LATCHING RELAY (K4), LANDING GEAR DYNAMIC BRAKE RELAY (K17), OR ALL DIODES INSTALLED IN THE UP SIDE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.

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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