# Incident 20151216019599I: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Kalamazoo, MI, December 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2015, 11:24 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2344° N, 85.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL (AZO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2344&lon=-85.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3189M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3189M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151216019599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS IN PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 17 WHEN HE LOWERED GEAR.  GEAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AND HE FELT VIBRATIONS.  PILOT REQUESTED A FLY-BY BY TOWER AND CONTROLLER STATED HE COULD SEE GEAR DOWN.  PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 17 AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. AIRCRAFT SLID ON RIGHT WING AND HIT RUNWAY SIGN AND SLID OFF RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES.

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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