37.9572° N, 98.9689° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Macksville, KS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 12, 2015 · 16:50 local
Place
Macksville, KS
Airport
Smith Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1603W
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
702 total450 in this make and model58 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 reported that when the gear was first extended she could not verify landing gear indicator lights because of sun glare. She cycled the gear and confirmed three green, gear down and locked indication. Upon landing pilot report gear folded. Landed on the grass portion of the runway. (Asphalt laid over a much wider grass runway.)
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE GEAR WAS FIRST EXTENDED SHE COULD NOT VERIFY LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS BECAUSE OF SUN GLARE. SHE CYCLED THE GEAR AND CONFIRMED THREE GREEN, GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. UPON LANDING PILOT REPORT GEAR FOLDED. LANDED ON THE GRASS PORTION OF THE RUNWAY. (ASPHALT LAID OVER A MUCH WIDER GRASS RUNWAY.)