# Incident 20120919019369I: Beech A36TC, Orcas Island, WA, September 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2012, 20:30 local time
- Place: Orcas Island, WA
- Airport: Orcas Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7083° N, 122.9106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORCAS ISLAND (ORS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7083&lon=-122.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36MN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 260 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120919019369I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTING ORCAS ISLAND RWY 34 AIRCRAFT CONTACTED DEER AT ROTATION. PILOT DID NOT RETRACT GEAR. THERE WAS NO ONE ON THE GROUND AT ORCAS TO VERIFY CONDITION OF UNDERCARRIAGE SO PILOT PROCEEDED TO AWO (PLANNED DESTINATION, HOME BASE). AT AWO PILOT GOT RADIO REPORT FROM AIRPLANE ON GROUND THAT UNDERCARRIAGE LOOKED NORMAL. WITH GEAR DOWN INDICATION, PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE MISSING LH GEAR DOOR AND ANIMAL GUTS ON AIRCRAFT. NO PASSENGERS INJURED.NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N36MN (1)

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

- [Accident 19990425003889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425003889A), Apr 25, 1999: Beech A36TC (N36MN), Lake Elsinore, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot reported that the acft engine had quit and requested vectors to the nearest arpt, the acft subsequently made an emergency landing on hwy 15 near Lake…

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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