# Accident 20140701012909A: Beech A36, San Antonio, TX, July 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5339° N, 98.4692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5339&lon=-98.4692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136EL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136EL-2018-02-12) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140701012909A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT INBOUND FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. UPON GEAR EXTENSION LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RECYCLE THE GEAR AND BEING UNSUCESSFUL WITH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GEAR UP LANDING. UPON LANDING PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A REPAIR FACILITY (CUTTER AVIATION) AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT CUTTER AVIATION DETERMINED LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS OUT OF RIG CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR UP LOCK TO BIND AND PREVENT THE LEFT GEAR FROM EXTENDING. THIS THEN CAUSED THE LEFT RETRACT ROD TO BEND AND BRAKE FREE FROM THE LANDING GEAR BOX.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA354), Jul 1, 2014: Beech A36 (N136EL), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear retract rod.

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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