# Incident 20180730018409I: Beech C35, Pembroke Pines, FL, July 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2018, 02:10 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: Hollywood North Perry
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0031° N, 80.2239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pembroke Pines, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0031&lon=-80.2239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1995D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1995D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018409I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM OPA LOCKA, THE PILOT RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEARD A LOUD POP DURING RETRACTION.  THE LIGHTS DIMMED NOTICEABLY.  HE DECIDED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE.

AFTER ABOUT 15 CRANKS ON THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE, HE FELT IT BIND.  HE CRANKED THE EMERGENCY HANDLE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION TRYING TO FREE THE BINDING.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND MANEUVERING TO ATTEMPT TO FREE THE BINDING, HE WAS FORCED TO LAND GEAR UP.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BY A CRANE, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND VIA THE EMERGENCY CRANK SYSTEM UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE WAS PLACED ON THE NOSEWHEEL IN THE DOWNWARD DIRECTION.  A BROKEN CABLE THAT CONNECTS TO THE NOSEWHEEL TO THE RETRACTABLE STEP WAS DISCOVERED WHICH APPARENTLY CAUGHT ON THE INTERNAL TUNNEL OF THE NOSEWHEEL PREVENTING EXTENSION.

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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