# Incident 20240821013809I: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, St Petersburg, FL, August 21, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2024, 16:50 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3332B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3332B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 310 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240821013809I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:50 LOCAL. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, A BEECHCRAFT A-36 SN: E-3140, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (KSPG) ST. PETERSBURG, FL.  THE PIC HAD RECEIVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AFTER MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY CONDITION. DURING A POST MAINTENENANCE CHECK FLIGHT THE PIC REPORTED ON APPROACH INTO ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIE) THAT HE HAD NOT RECEIVED A NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. AFTER A TOWER  CONFIRMATION PASS (GEAR DOWN), THE PIC ELECETD TO RETURN TO KSPG SINCE HIS MAINTENANCE FACILITY WAS LOCATED THERE. ON INITIAL LANDING ON RWY 7 HIS NOSE GEAR FELT SOFT AND HE TOOK THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR WITHOUT ANY REPORTED PROP STRIKE. DURING INFLIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING, HE NOTICED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER (CB) HAD TRIPPED. AFTER RESETTING THE (CB) HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES RECEIVING GOOD GEAR INDICATION AND CONDUCTED A LOW PASS WHERE SPG TOWER CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN POSITION. UPON LANDING ON RWY 7 THE PILOT HELD THE NOSE OFF THE GROUND FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. DURING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND FORWARD FUSELAGE.

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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