# Incident 19791222048669I: Beech A24R, Meade, KS, December 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Meade, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2836° N, 100.3430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meade, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2836&lon=-100.3430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9706L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9706L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 689 total, 139 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/19791222048669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP DUE TO UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N9706L (1)

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

- [Incident 20111223029929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111223029929I), Dec 23, 2011: Beech A24R (N9706L), Dexter, KS, Minor damage. On 12/23/2011, at approximately 2:00 pm local time, Beech model A24R, N9706L, operated by [privacy data omitted], landed at a private grass landing strip near…

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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