# Accident 19800802035489A: Lear 35A, Lees Summit, MO, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lees Summit, MO
- Airport: Stafford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9271° N, 94.2558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stafford Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9271&lon=-94.2558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8731A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,405 total, 476 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802035489A

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. PUT GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND INOP GENERATOR, DEAD BATTERY.

## 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 MKC80FCG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG38), Aug 2, 1980: Beech A35 (N8731A), Lees Summit, MO, substantial damage

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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