# Incident 19800606055709I: Beech 35BEECH, Pontiac, MI, June 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1980, 10:28 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8705A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8705A-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 600 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/19800606055709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO GET GEAR LOCKED DOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. NOSE GEAR ACTUATING ARM BROKEN, OLD CRACK.

## Other reports on N8705A (1)

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

- [Accident 19871004058779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871004058779A), Oct 4, 1987: Beech A35 (N8705A), Grand Ledge, MI, Substantial damage. Engine quit in pattern. Crash landed 15 feet short of runway. Switched tanks but failed to use electric fuel pump.

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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