# Incident 20230610010269I: Beech 35, Ashland, OR, June 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2023, 13:40 local time
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Airport: Ashland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1922° N, 122.6983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashland, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1922&lon=-122.6983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4579V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4579V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610010269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED MEDFORD AIRPORT (MFR) FOR ASHLAND AIRPORT (S03).  THEY ARE LESS THAN 30 MILES APART.  AFTER DEPARTING MFR, THE PILOT MOVE THE GEAR LEVEL "UP" TO RETRACT THE GEAR.  THE "GEAR DOWN" LIGHT REMAINED ON ALONG WITH THE "ANALOG" INDICATOR SHOWING THE GEAR HAD NOT RETRACTED.  PILOT CHECKED THE BREAKERS WHICH APPEARED APPROPRIATE AND CYCLED THE GEAR LEVER TWICE.  THIS DID NOT CHANGE THE INDICATORS.  PILOT ELECTED TO PLACE THE GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION.  PILOT PHONED HIS INSTRUCTOR FROM THE PLANE AND SHARED THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH HIM.  THEY BOTH FELT THAT IT WAS REASONABLE TO CONTINUE TO ASHLAND AS HE WAS ALREADY OVER HALFWAY THERE AND MAINTENANCE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.  PILOT PERFORMED A TYPICAL LANDING (NOT HARD AND LANDED ON THE MAINS FIRST).  NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED AND ROLLED APPROPRIATELY.  AFTER ABOUT 300-500 FEET THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO "DRIFT" TO THE RIGHT.  WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND ENTERED THE SOFT DIRT, THE GEAR COLLAPSED PARTIALLY INTO THE WING AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP.  PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND SECURED THE FUEL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.  PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INJURY.

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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