# Incident 19791001051439I: Beech 6580, Englewood, CO, October 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1979, 16:40 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2711J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2711J-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-80 (registry code 1152806, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 40 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/19791001051439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO OBTAIN GEAR SAFE INDICATION. GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N2711J (1)

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

- [Accident 19830130003119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830130003119A), Jan 30, 1983: Beech 6580 (N2711J), Brodnax, VA, Substantial damage. Aircraft made crash landing with cocaine on board. Pilots left aircraft and were not identified.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.