# Incident 20230823015409I: Beech C35, Long Beach, CA, August 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2023, 10:13 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2034D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2034D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,130 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230823015409I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 23, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:13 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 26R , AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SAFELY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ZAMPERINI FIELD IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA (TOA) AT 15:04 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME AND THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 MINUTES FROM TAKEOFF TO LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, AND LEFT-WING TIP COVER. THERE WAS ONE SOLE ONBOARD.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HEARD THE GEAR COME DOWN AS IT IS QUITE LOUD AND ALSO FELT THE DRAG. WHEN GIVEN THE LANDING CLEARANCE FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, HE MADE HIS APPROACH AND LANDING, FROM HIS ACCOUNTS IT WAS NORMAL. VERY SHORTLY AFTER LANDING, HE FELT THE LEFT-WING DIP AND THE NOSE DROP AT WHICH POINT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND SLID TO A STOP ON CENTERLINE. HE THEN COMMUNICATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS DISABLED ON THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED WITH SECURING THE AIRPLANE. I.E., FUEL OFF, MASTER OFF, MAGS OFF, ETC.  HE THEN IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE GEAR DOWN INDICATION, VERIFYING THAT THE MECHANICAL GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED POSITIVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A SINGLE LIGHT GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR THAT WILL ILLUMINATE GREEN FOR DOWN AND A SEPARATE SINGLE LIGHT THAT WILL ILLUMINATE BLUE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR IS UP. NEITHER OF THESE LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS TIME. AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT, HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAITED FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS AND OPERATIONS TO ARRIVE. HE WAS CONTACTED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, (NTSB) VIA PHONE AT THE OCCURRENCE SIGHT. SHE HAD INDICATED THE (NTSB) WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THIS OCCURRENCE AND AUTHORIZED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED.  AT WHICH POINT A RECOVERY WAS INITIATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO ITS TIE-DOWN AT ESCAP.

ON 09/05/2023, I HAD MET WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, WITH HIS MECHANIC HE JACKED UP THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORM A SERIES GEAR SWINGS AND TESTING PROCEDURES OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE PURPOSE IS TO POSSIBLY LOCATE THE REASON FOR THE GEAR MALFUNCTION. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING A FAULTY LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DETECTED, IT FAILED TO PROPERLY STAY ENGAGED WITH POWER ON OR OFF.

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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