# Incident 20190908012759I: Beech A36, Richmond, IN, September 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2019, 11:30 local time
- Place: Richmond, IN
- Airport: Richmond Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7561° N, 84.8427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND MUNI (RID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7561&lon=-84.8427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38RR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38RR) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 574 total, 94 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190908012759I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30AM LOCAL TIME, N38RR, A BEECHCRAFT A36 BONANZA, LANDED GEAR UP AT THE RICHMOND, INDIANA AIRPORT (RID). THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR, PART 91.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS WINDS CALM, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE 21C, DEWPOINT 16C, AND THE ALTIMETER WAS 3011.

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING SOLO EMERGENCY POWER OFF LANDINGS. HE HAD COMPLETED TWO APPROACHES WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR OR ATTEMPTING TO LAND. ON THE THIRD APPROACH HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT BUT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. WHILE INTERVIEWING THE PILOT HE WAS ASKED IF HE HEARD THE GEAR WARNING. HE STATED THAT IT CHIRPED A COUPLE TIMES RIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT. HE ALSO STATED THAT ON THE FIRST TWO APPROACHES HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN WHEN HE REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE.

ROOT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO COMPLETE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN THROTTLE  MICRO SWITCH WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE INCIDENT.

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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