# Incident 20141229024109I: Beech A36, Finleyville, PA, December 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Finleyville, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2528° N, 80.0020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Finleyville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2528&lon=-80.0020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4492S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4492S) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141229024109I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 32 AT G05 AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE GEAR RETRACTED ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO REST ON THE RETRACTED GEAR.  GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED.  TIRE MARKS ON RWY INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING LEFT AND A FURROW MADE BY THE LH INBD GEAR DOOR WAS LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE FURROW WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG AND REMAINED WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE RWY ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.    THE FURROW TERMINATED WHERE THE AIRCRAFT REGAINED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST POINTING APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY HEADING.  THERE WAS A 9 KT CROSSWIND FROM 010, A 50 DEGREE RIGHT CROSSWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PUT IN A HANGAR WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WAS SWUNG.  NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED IN THE OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N4492S (1)

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

- [Incident 19800509044789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800509044789I), May 9, 1980: Beech A36 (N4492S), Lake Elmo, MN, Minor damage. Pilot extended landing gear manually due to loss of electrical power. Gear collapsed during landing.

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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