# Incident 20170730015559I: Beech A36, North Canton, OH, July 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2017, 13:15 local time
- Place: North Canton, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1525W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1525W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170730015559I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FLEW FROM TRAVERSE CITY TO FLINT, MICHIGAN. PILOT REPORTED HIS BATTERY WAS DYING. DID NOT HAVE HIS THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS. HE FLEW PASS THE TOWER TO CONFIRM HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AND LANDED AT FLINT MICHIGAN. THE NEXT DAY HE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MECHANIC STATED THAT HIS ALTERNATOR WAS BAD. PILOT CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT FROM FLINT MICHIGAN TO AKRON CANTON, OHIO. WHEN LANDED AT CAK, THE GEAR COLLASPE AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N1525W (1)

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

- [Incident 19920314010129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920314010129I), Mar 14, 1992: Beech A36 (N1525W), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Nose wheel collapsed on second bounce.

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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