# Incident 20221228019839I: Beech A36, Greenville, NC, December 28, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2022, 14:46 local time
- Place: Greenville, NC
- Airport: Pitt Greenville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6357° N, 77.3841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITT-GREENVILLE (PGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6357&lon=-77.3841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3172D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3172D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 24,868 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221228019839I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOOK OFF FROM KTTA.

PILOT, DURING LANDING AT KSOP, WENT TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN, HOWEVER THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND THE PILOT SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE.

PILOT BEGAN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY GEAR USING MANUAL GEAR CRANK, BUT MANUAL CRANK WAS IMMOBILE. PILOT THEN FLEW TO KTTA AND SPOKE WITH SEVERAL GROUND PERSONNEL BUT AGAIN COULD NOT GET GEAR DOWN. PILOT'S WIFE ATTEMPTED TO GET GEAR DOWN, BUT LANDING GEAR MANUAL CRANK BROKE OFF.

AS KPGV HAS A LONG RUNWAY AND EMERGENCY FACILITIES, PILOT ELECTED THAT AIRPORT AS LANDING PLACE WHERE HE WOULD PERFORM A GEAR UP LANDING AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING CHECKLIST.

PILOT PERFORMED GEAR UP LANDING AT PGV. NO INJURIES IN THE AIRCRAFT OR ON THE GROUND.

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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