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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · San Jose, CA · June 8, 2018

Date
June 8, 2018 · 16:08 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N222JB
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On June 6th 2018 at approximately 1608 PDT, the pilot of N222JB, a Beechcraft A36 bonanza, departed hawthorne airport (hhr) enroute to San Jose airport (sjc). The pilot stated that at approximately 100 miles from sjc he had a total electrical failure and proceeded to sjc using a handheld radio. At around 15 miles out, the pilot used the emergency gear extension to lower the landing gear and asked the tower to do a fly by to see if the gear was down. The tower told the pilot the gear looked down so he continued to land on the two mains and a few seconds after the nose touched down the plane started to wobble and the right main and nose collapsed at the same time. Aircraft was moved to local FBO.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 6TH 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1608 PDT, THE PILOT OF N222JB, A BEECHCRAFT A36 BONANZA, DEPARTED HAWTHORNE AIRPORT (HHR) ENROUTE TO SAN JOSE AIRPORT (SJC). THE PILOT STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES FROM SJC HE HAD A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND PROCEEDED TO SJC USING A HANDHELD RADIO. AT AROUND 15 MILES OUT, THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND ASKED THE TOWER TO DO A FLY BY TO SEE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN SO HE CONTINUED TO LAND ON THE TWO MAINS AND A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN THE PLANE STARTED TO WOBBLE AND THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE COLLAPSED AT THE SAME TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO LOCAL FBO.