# Accident 19800405008299A: Beech V35, St Simons Islan, GA, April 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1980, 16:32 local time
- Place: St Simons Islan, GA
- Airport: Malcolm-Mckinnon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1505° N, 81.3695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Simons Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1505&lon=-81.3695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N461A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N461A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800405008299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPLACED BATTERY BACKWARDS. GEAR FAILED TO LOCK DOWN. FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY EXTENSION.

## 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 MIA80DLA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA20), Apr 5, 1980: Beech V35 (N461A), St.Simon Is, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N461A (1)

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

- [Incident 19980121002699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121002699I), Jan 21, 1998: Beech V35 (N461A), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: on January 21, 1998, at 1622 EST, N461A, a Beechcraft piloted by michael francis poore departed cuyahoga county airport on a CFR 14, part 91…

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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