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CEN22LA259

2022-06-05 · Mesquite, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HQZ

Current FAA registration · N9475Y

Make / Model
BEECH 35-A33
Year of manufacture
1961 · 61 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610120
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD2A47

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A collapse of the airplane’s landing gear during the landing roll for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he extended the landing gear prior to the landing and observed that the gear down light was illuminated. The pilot described the touchdown as “soft.” However, during the roll out, the nose gear collapsed followed by the left main gear and the right main gear. The airplane came to rest on the underside of the fuselage on the runway. The pilot shutdown the airplane and the occupants egressed from the airplane without further incident. The air traffic control tower controller observed the airplane during the landing roll and reported that the airplane’s landing gear was down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. Due to the damage sustained to the landing gear system gear box and swing doors components, a postaccident functional test of the electric gear system could not be performed. The landing gear was able to be extended manually. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Main landing gear-Malfunction
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Main landing gear-Damaged/degraded
  • — Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Unknown/Not determined

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_CEN22LA259.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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