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
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