# Incident 20121002022989I: Beech A36, Middletown, PA, October 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2012, 21:15 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg Int'L
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121002022989I

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM (T90) TO (1N9). DETERIORATING LANDING CONDITIONS IN NJ. AND EASTERN PA. RESULTED IN THE FLIGHT DIVERTING FROM (1N9) TO (TEB) TO (ABE) THEN TO (MDT). THE DIVERSIONS RESULTED IN A CRITICALLY LOW FUEL LEVEL. DURING THE ABORTED APPROACH ATTEMPT AT (ABE) THE LOCALIZER WAS FOUND TO BE UNSTABLE, THE GLIDE SLOPE INOPERATIVE AND THE COMPASS CARD ON THE HSI ROTATED CONTINUOUSLY. ENROUTE NAVIGATION USING THE GPS WAS NOT AFFECTED. THE SAME ILS MALFUNCTION OCCURRED DURING THE LANDING AT (MDT). MALFUNCTIONS WERE ALSO NOTED WHEN ONE SPEED BRAKE (ELECTRICAL) FAILED TO RETRACT. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS FINALLY RESULTED IN RETRACTION. ANOTHER MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITH THE LANDING GEAR, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO (MDT) RUNWAY 13. TWO ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO PRODUCE A GEAR FULLY DOWN INDICATION.  DUE TO A LOW FUEL SITUATION, MULTIPLE SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONS, AND INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE GEAR BEING DOWN AND LOCKED. THIS CONDITION RESULTED IN A LANDING WITH PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT GEAR DOORS AND FUSELAGE BELLY.

## Other reports on N83CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20010214002019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010214002019I), Feb 14, 2001: Beech A36 (N83CT), Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft departed fullerton, CA airport enroute to dallas, TX. At approximately 1700 feet AGL and twenty miles east of Palm Springs, CA. Aircraft…

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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