# Incident 19800423050289I: Beech 35BEECH, Decatur, IL, April 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8403° N, 88.9548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8403&lon=-88.9548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339Z-2020-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 140 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/19800423050289I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N339Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20170829010519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170829010519A), Aug 29, 2017: Beech M35 (N339Z), Havasu, AZ, Destroyed. The aircraft during landing procedures into Havasu airport lost engine power. Pilot performed emergency landing into dessert causing damage to the aircraft.

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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