# Incident 20190321001749I: Beech A36, St Augustine, FL, March 21, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2019, 13:00 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N700SS) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,700 total, 550 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190321001749I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FINAL TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD A BLOWN FUSE AND COULD NOT VERIFYIF THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. TOWER VISUALLY OBSERVED THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP AND INFORMED THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO LOW APPROACHES WHILE TRYING TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. ON THE THIRD APPROACH THE TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 31 AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

THE PILOT SAYES HE CRANKED THE GEAR UNTIL HE REACHED THE STOP, APPROX 50 TURNS. HOWEVER WHEN MAINTENANCE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS RAISED AND THEY CRANKED THE GEAR HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE GEAR DOWN SO THEY COULD LOCK AND SECURE IT. THE OVERAL AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS, PROPELLER, AND SOME SKIN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OUTER WING. MAINTENANCE TO FURTHER EVALUATE WHEN OPENED UP.

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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