# Incident 20130928019829I: Beech A36, Aiken, SC, September 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2013, 16:30 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5316° N, 81.7251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aiken, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5316&lon=-81.7251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36ET, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36ET) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,316 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130928019829I

## Narrative

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

UPON DEPARTURE FROM  RUNWAY 01 AT THE AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AIK), AIKEN, SC,  IN VMC, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DID NOT APPEAR TO BE NORMAL AS THE GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS "WENT BLANK" AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, I.E.. GPS, DIGITAL ENGINE TELEMETRY, ETC., BECAME INOPERATIVE.

THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY USING THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH).  THE PILOT FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MANUAL EXTENSION DID NOT APPEAR TO WORK BECAUSE "THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE BUT JUMPED OVER THE 'OVER RIDE' INDENT."

NONETHELESS, NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE EXTENDED THE GEAR, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A ZERO FLAP LANDING.  THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION.

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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