# Incident 20140803015849I: Beech 35, Ephraim, WI, August 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2014, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ephraim, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1664° N, 87.1725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ephraim, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1664&lon=-87.1725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 170 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140803015849I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DEPARTED KSGS (SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN) ENROUTE TO Y95 (HELLMAN, MI). ENROUTE NEAR 3D2 (EPHRAIM, WI) PILOT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER AND DIVERTED TO 3D2 AIRPORT FOR FUEL AND TO ALLOW TIME FOR WEATHER IMPROVEMENT.  IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 3D2 PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED GEAR AND FELT DRAG OF GEAR.  PILOT COULD NOT REMEMBER GEAR INDICATION AND DID NOT SEE ANY GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION.  INSPECTION INDICATED AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN AND LOCKED INTO PLACE WITHOUT A GREEN SAFE LIGHT. GEAR WAS THEN RETRACTED NORMALLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED AGAIN WITH PROPER GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION.  INSPECTION BY AIRWORTHINESS DETERMINED THAT GEAR INDICATION/WARNING WAS INTERMITTENTLY DEFECTIVE.

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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