# Incident 20190506008329I: Beech A36, Ashville, NC, May 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2019, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ashville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1974D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1974D) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,556 total, 345 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506008329I

## Narrative

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

ARRIVED AT AVL G.A. TARMAC ON 05/08/19 WITH INFORMATION GATHERED ON PREVIOUS DAY. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED ON A METAL PLATFORM TO G.A. TIE DOWN AREA WITH ALL 3 GEAR FOLDED UNDERNEATH AIRCRAFT. OWNER'S MECHANIC WAS ON SITE AND HAD DONE SOME OPENING UP OF THE GEAR BOX AREA FOR INSPECTION. INSPECTORS MADE WALK AROUND OF AIRCRAFT TO LOOK FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND FOUND THAT THE DAMAGE DID NOT MEET THE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CRITERIA. TALKED WITH AVL 1ST RESPONDERS AND WERE SHOWN GRAINY VIDEO OF AIRCRAFT AS IT APPROACHED TOUCH DOWN ZONE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED DUE TO VIDEO QUALITY AND DISTANCE FROM SUBJECT. RETURNED TO AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED INSPECTIONS. ALL 3 GEAR LINKAGE RODS WERE DAMAGED AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED AFTER VIEWING VIDEO. OWNER'S MECHANIC HAD LEFT PRIOR TO OUR 1ST RESPONDERS VISIT BUT HAD RETURNED LATER AND HAD RECEIVED WORD FROM OWNER TO REMOVE WINGS AND TRANSPORT THE AIRCRAFT TO ALABAMA FOR REPAIR. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD NOT MADE AN APPEARANCE ON THE DAY THAT WE WERE AT THE AIRCRAFT. RECEIVED STATEMENTS FROM P.I.C. AND THE 2 PASSENGERS AND THEIR STATEMENT WERE CONSISTENT WITH A FAILED GEAR 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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