# Incident 20250107000469I: Beech B36TC, Modesto, CA, January 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2025, 22:30 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Modesto City-Co-Harry Sham Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6258° N, 120.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MODESTO CITY-COUNTY-HARRY SHAM FLD (MOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6258&lon=-120.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552ZS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552ZS) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250107000469I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 7, 2025, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KMOD UNDER VFR CONDITIONS IN ROUTE TO KSQL. ON DEPARTURE FROM KSQL RETURNING BACK TO KMOD, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION. UPON ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR, AN ABNORMAL SOUND CAME FROM THE FORWARD NOSE WHEEL WELL AND AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR WARNING WAS OBSERVED. TROUBLESHOOTING EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE CHECKLIST AND ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. APPROACH WAS NOTIFIED, AND GROUND MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED VIA RADIO THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED OR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE TWO MAIN GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND FIRE AND RESCUE WERE ON STANDBY. AFTER MULTIPLE LOW PASSES, THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE LANDING WITH NO INJURIES AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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