# NTSB ATL00LA013: Beech BE36, N3089A, Daytona Beach, FL, November 14, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 13, 1999, 21:12 local (Nov 14, 1999, 02:12 UTC) - Place: Daytona Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.190521, -81.049232 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1905&lon=-81.0492&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 47750 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL00LA013 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47750/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA013 ## Probable cause The collapse of the main landing gear for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,main gear - collapsed (cause) - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) ## Analysis The flight was en route to Ormond Beach, Florida, when he reported a main landing gear indication problem. The pilot diverted to Daytona Beach Airport for a precautionary landing. During a visual check of the landing gear by the emergency vehicle operators, it was reported that the landing gear appeared to have been down. The pilot also reported that throughout the entire sequence of events, the landing gear indicator lights' intensity continued to vary from light to dim conditions. The pilot said he made a soft field landing on runway 7 and held the nose wheel off the runway. When the nose wheel touched the pavement, the main gear, and the nose gear collapsed. The examination of the landing gear system failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction or a component failure. ## Factual narrative On November 13, 1999, at 2112 eastern standard time, a Beech BE36, N3089A, experienced a right and left main gear and nose gear collapse on landing rollout at Daytona Beach Airport, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The personal flight was operated by the commercial pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and instrument flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and an instrument flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight departed Tallahassee, Florida, at 1915. According to the FAA, the pilot was en route to Ormond Beach, Florida, when he reported a main landing gear indication problem. The pilot diverted to Daytona Beach Airport for a precautionary landing. During a visual check of the landing gear by the emergency vehicles operators, it was reported that the landing gear appeared to have been down. Throughout the entire sequence of events, the pilot reported that the landing gear indicator lights' intensity continued to vary from bright to dim. The pilot said he made a soft field landing on runway 7L and held the nose wheel off the runway. When the nose wheel touched down on the runway pavement, the main gear and the nose gear collapsed. Examination of the wreckage revealed damage to the propeller, gear doors, and the left and right wing inboard ribs. A post-accident examination of the airplane and the landing gear system was conducted. The examination of the landing gear system failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction or a component failure. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3089A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3089A-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N E-182, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech BE36 - Registry model: [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (registry code 1151602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: E-182 - Airframe hours: 2500 - Engines: Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: B A D Aero Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 1999, 4 hours before - Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach Intn'L, runway 7L, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,200 total, 35 in this make and model, 1,140 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright - Wind: 350° at 7 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,600 ft broken - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DAB ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19991114041649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991114041649A), Nov 14, 1999: Beech 36BEECH, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) A/c was on an IFR flight plan to the ormand Beach airport. During the approach to the airport pilot received a landing gear unsafe warning horn even… ## Other investigations on N3089A (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA17LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA041), Nov 9, 2016: Beech 36 (N3089A), Ormond Beach, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the flight… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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