# Incident 20140509006399I: Beech A36, San Jose, CA, May 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2014, 20:15 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7346R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7346R) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 950 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140509006399I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE IIC THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 30L HE WAS TAXIING TOWARDS THE TAXIWAY AND BEGAN TO "CLEAN UP" THE PLANE (COWL FLAPS, FLAPS, ETC.), HE MISTAKENLY MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO GEAR UP POSITION AND IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE PROBLEM AND REVERSED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5 KNOTS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR  PARTIALLY RETRACTED ONTO THE LANDING GEAR DOOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FULLY RETRACTED ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR, BUT THE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED.  THERE WAS METAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ASSEMBLY AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N7346R (1)

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

- [Incident 19800925070869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800925070869I), Sep 25, 1980: Beech A36 (N7346R), Tower City, PA, Substantial damage. Ran off end of runway after precautionary landing. Vacuum pump failed.

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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