# Incident 20210228002419I: Beech A36, San Diego, CA, February 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2021, 18:17 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery-Gibbs Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8157° N, 117.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY-GIBBS EXEC (MYF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8157&lon=-117.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6146M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6146M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 78 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210228002419I

## Narrative

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

N6146 WAS CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT KMYF MONTGOMERY-GIBBS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.   THE PILOT COMPLETED HIS LANDING CHECKLIST PRIOR TO HIS FIRST APPROACH, BUT DID NOT VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON HIS FIRST APPROACH INTO KMYF SECONDS BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AN AUDIBLE HORN WAS NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. THE AIRPORT OPS MANAGER WAS ON SCENE AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING AND NOTED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION.  WHEN THE AIRPORT OPS MANAGER APPLIED POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT, HE COULD HEAR THE GEAR TRYING TO EXTEND AND AN AUDIBLE HORN.  HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED POWER OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY WITH A CRANE.  WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR THE AIRPORT OPS MANAGER PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION, AND TURNED POWER ON.  NO HORN WAS NOTED AT THIS TIME.  THE OPS MANAGER THEN PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  THIS WAS VERIFIED BY THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND A PHYSICAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN ABLE TO BE TOWED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC.  SEVERAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTIONS WERE PERFORMED, WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.  THE MECHANIC ALSO PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION, VERIFIED PROPER OPERATION OF ALL APPLICABLE SWITCHES/LIGHTS/WARNING HORNS WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.

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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