# Incident 19781227020119I: Beech 35BEECH, Grand Junction, CO, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978, 10:45 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2761V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227020119I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED. ROD END TO RETRACT ROD WAS BROKEN. PROBLEM CAUSED BY A FLAT NOSE GEAR STRUT.

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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