# Incident 20250629008629I: Beech E35, Pacoima, CA, June 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2025, 21:24 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3249C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3249C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,215 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629008629I

## Narrative

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

ON 29 JUNE 2025 AT 2040 LOCAL, DEPARTED WHP RUNWAY 12, LEFT DOWNWIND TO SANTA CLARITA PRACTICE AREA. ON APPROACH BACK INTO WHP AFTER EXTENDING LANDING GEAR PILOTS NOTICED THERE WAS NO LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE STUDENT PILOT, REMAINED FLYING, IN WHP TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHILE CFI TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT BY RETRACTING AND EXTENDING LANDING GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOTS DECIDED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR MANUALLY THIS WAS PREFORMED BY THE CFI. PULLED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, PLACED LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION AND ENGAGED HAND CRANK UNTIL WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE MECHANICAL GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED AND THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION EITHER.

PILOTS CALLED FRIENDS ON THE GROUND TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. FRIENDS CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN SO THEY ATTEMPTED A LANDING, RUNWAY 12.

ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE, LEADING TO A PROP STRIKE AND SURFACE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3249C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190331010699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190331010699I), Mar 31, 2019: Beech E35 (N3249C), Spring, TX, Minor damage. The aircraft was landing on runway 35L. The aircraft landed on the runway with the landing gear partly extended. The nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft slid…

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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