# Incident 20160109000529I: Beech A36TC, Chino, CA, January 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9763° N, 117.6745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9763&lon=-117.6745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253RL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N253RL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,949 total, 725 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160109000529I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED APV GOING TO CNO.  PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AFTER THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED INTO THE EXTENSION POSITION.  PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  LANDING GEAR C/B WAS PULLED, GEAR EXTENDED MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFUL. ONE PERSON ON BOARD. NO INJURIES.  NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N253RL (1)

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

- [Incident 20140403003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140403003479I), Apr 3, 2014: Beech A36TC (N253RL), Chino, CA, No damage. N253RL, BE-36, declared an emergency and returned to cno shortly after departure after hearing a loud Bang from the engine. Landed cno without further incident

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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