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While practicing for his bi-annual flight review the pilot of a BE35 suffered a gear collapse on takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 951442 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 1788 Flight Crew Type 70 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
With a flight instructor aboard we were working on my flight review and I was about to demonstrate a short field departure. I was cleared for takeoff and added power. After a roll of approximately 500 ft we were traveling at 70-80 mph when we heard a 'pop/bang' sound and the aircraft pitched forward; with the nose striking the pavement; and then the left main mount collapsed. I turned off the fuel selector pulled the throttle to idle; pulled the mixture to the closed position; turned off the mags; battery and avionics master switches and exited the aircraft to find the landing gear had failed. There were no injuries. This has been reported to the FAA and NTSB.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While practicing for his bi-annual flight review the pilot of a BE35 suffered a gear collapse on takeoff.
Narrative: With a flight instructor aboard we were working on my flight review and I was about to demonstrate a short field departure. I was cleared for takeoff and added power. After a roll of approximately 500 FT we were traveling at 70-80 MPH when we heard a 'Pop/Bang' sound and the aircraft pitched forward; with the nose striking the pavement; and then the left main mount collapsed. I turned off the fuel selector pulled the throttle to idle; pulled the mixture to the closed position; turned off the mags; battery and avionics master switches and exited the aircraft to find the landing gear had failed. There were no injuries. This has been reported to the FAA and NTSB.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.