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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Danville, VA · May 13, 2014

Date
May 13, 2014 · 16:30 local
Place
Danville, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2102D
Reported as
Beech D35
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total600 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot states that he attempted to lower the gear. After he did not receive down and locked indication, he checked the landing gear circuit breaker. The breaker was found open. He attempted to reset the breaker to no avail. He then attempted to lower the landing gear with the manual extension handle to no avail. Aircraft landed and the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR. AFTER HE DID NOT RECEIVE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, HE CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE BREAKER WAS FOUND OPEN. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE BREAKER TO NO AVAIL. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE TO NO AVAIL. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.