# Incident 20110728016619I: Beech E35, Fort Wayne, IN, July 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9785° N, 85.1952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WAYNE INTL (FWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9785&lon=-85.1952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3236C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,956 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110728016619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED HOWEVER THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER EVALUATION IT WAS FOUND THE ZERK FITTING ON THE NOSE GEAR SIZZOR LINK WHILE IN THE UP POSITION GOT CAUGHT ON THE GEAR CABLE AND NOT ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND.

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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