# Incident 20210126002549I: Beech P35, Mesquite, TX, January 26, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2021, 13:36 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE METRO (HQZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426KX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N426KX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,496 total, 240 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210126002549I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 26, 2021, N426KX WAS TRAVELING FROM ENNIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F41) TO MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT (HQZ). CLEAR VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

N426KX LANDED AT MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT (HQZ) ON RUNWAY 36. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETACTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE TO THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE AND BOTH OF ITS OUTBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS.

DURING THE ONSITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF BOTH OUTBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE SKINS OF BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND SURROUNDING AREAS , AND THE LEFT WING TIP TANK,HAD RUNWAY SCRAPPING. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES ALSO HAD RUNWAY SCRAPPING AND THE TIPS WERE BENT TO AN AFT FACING ANGLE.

MECHANICAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL GEAR BOX CLEARANCE WAS AT ZERO, WHICH THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL STATES THAT IT SHOULD HAVE 1/8 TO 1/4 TURN AT THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE, ALLOWING A "CUSHION" THAT PREVENTS DAMAGE TO THE SECTOR GEAR. ALSO, THE LANDING GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED, CAUSING INTERNAL COMPONENTS TO BE EXPOSED CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNCOMMANDED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION.

THE LANDING GEAR SAFETY SWITCHES WERE CHECKED FOR OPERATION AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY, WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT IF A RETACTION COMMAND IS INPUTTED WHILE ON THE GROUND.

AIRCRAFT RECORDS INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON JANUARY 7, 2021 (TACH TIME 4763.38) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N426KX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920731034839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920731034839I), Jul 31, 1992: Beech 35BEECH (N426KX), Modesto, CA. Taxiing to ramp engine quit. Caught fire on restart. Firemen put fire out.

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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