# Accident 19770712029279A: Beech S35, Indianapolis, IN, July 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1977
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2015W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2015W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,348 total, 900 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEX38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770712029279A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAGS ON WHILE PULLING PROP THROUGH. ACFT HIT HANGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI77FEX38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX38), Jul 12, 1977: Beech S35 (N2015W), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2015W (5)

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

- [Incident 20220428006509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220428006509I), Apr 28, 2022: Beech S35 (N2015W), Princeton, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was on approach 39N and was landing on runway 28. He stated that entered the traffic pattern, extended the landing gear and flaps and…
- [Incident 20160206000689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160206000689I), Feb 6, 2016: Beech S35 (N2015W), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft made a normal landing on runway 9 at kcgc. During the landing rollout, the nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 20090919049519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090919049519I), Sep 19, 2009: Beech S35 (N2015W), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. Flight instructor (pilot-in-command) and "student," a private pilot building complex airplane time towards a commercial certificate, were utilizing runway 9 at…
- [Incident 20001031018799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001031018799I), Oct 31, 2000: Beech S35 (N2015W), Keystone Height, FL, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot was taxing along a closed towards the ramp area. Aircraft nose wheel fell onto a hidden pothole. Nose wheel collapsed causing minor damage to the…
- [Accident 19911114051879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911114051879A), Nov 14, 1991: Beech S35 (N2015W), St Petersburg, FL, 1 fatal. Elderly passenger lost his balance on wing walk while boarding and fell backwards striking his head on ramp.

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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