# Incident 20120409006699I: Beech F35, Grass Valley, CA, April 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Airport: Nevada County Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2203° N, 121.0527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grass Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2203&lon=-121.0527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4273B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4273B-2012-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 508 total, 204 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120409006699I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 9, 2012, AT 1500 PST, N4273B BEECH BONANZA F35 HAD A GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING WITH ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 07 AT NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK (KGOO).THE PILOT SUSPECTED A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AS HE CYCLED IT TO THE DOWN POSITION AND GOT A GREEN ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT, THOUGH THE MANUAL INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE UP-POSITION. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A FLY-BY OF THE NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK AND THE GEAR-UP CONDITION WAS CONFIRMED. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES UNSUCCESSFULY, THE PILOT RESORTED TO AND FOLLOWED THE MANUAL GEAR-DOWN PROCEDURE. ON ANOTHER FLY-BY, GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE MAINS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS ABOUT 90% DEPLOYED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A SOFT-FIELD LANDING BY KEEPING THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL APPOXIMATLY MID-FIELD. HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS SOON AS IT SETTLED DOWN, AS DID THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES OR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N4273B (1)

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

- [Incident 19940612032539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940612032539I), Jun 12, 1994: Beech F35 (N4273B), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Gear jammed halfway extended. Landed on mid position gear. Drive linkage had broken.

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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