# Incident 20240804021009I: Beech B36TC, Livermore, CA, August 4, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 4, 2024, 14:37 local time - Place: Livermore, CA - Airport: Livermore - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10 - Aircraft: N364GG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N364GG) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240804021009I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT’S MEDICAL CLEARANCE WAS DENIED IN MAY 2024 (3 MONTHS BEFORE INCIDENT). INCIDENT REPORT INDICATED THAT 2 PERSONNEL WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT: PILOT AND ONE (1) PASSENGER. PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 25R. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO MAKE A "U TURN" ON THE RUNWAY AND PERFORM A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 7L. THE CONTROLLER APPROVED THIS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 7L AT TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO COLLAPSE AND THE RIGHT WING APPEARED TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES OF THE AIRFIELD. PILOT ASSERTED IN THEIR STATEMENT "I WAS NOT GOING TO FLY, BUT WANTED TO GET IN MY AIRPLANE, AND PRACTICE RUN-UP TO KEEP MYSELF SHARP. SO, I TOOK IT OUT FOR A HIGH-SPEED TAXI DOWN RUNWAY 25 RIGHT AT KLVK LIVERMORE. THE WIND WAS 10 KNOTS, AND ALMOST A DIRECT HEADWIND COMING DOWN RW 25R. I DID MY TAXI AND DID NOT LEAVE THE GROUND AT ALL. AS I REACHED THE END OF RW 25R, I MADE A REQUEST TO TOWER TO DO A U-TURN AND TAXI BACK IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION ON RW 7 LEFT. IT WAS APPROVED AND I DID SO. THIS DIRECTION WAS NOW A 10-KNOT TAIL WIND. AS I REACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, I DID NOT STOP SOON ENOUGH TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DOWNWIND &/OR ANY GUSTS. IN THIS DIRECTION, WITH THE TAILWIND, I DID NOT ACCELERATE TO AN AIRSPEED TO BECOME AIRBORNE. HOWEVER, WITH THE DOWNWIND, AS I MADE THE TURN AT THE END OF 7L, IT PUSHED ME OFF THE RUNWAY AND AS THE WHEEL WENT INTO THE DIRT, OFF THE RUNWAY, IT BUCKLED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTOR ROD, AND THUS COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS WING DAMAGE AND LANDING GEAR DAMAGE." AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SUBSTANTIATED PILOT'S DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.