# Incident 19801008073199I: Beech 35BEECH, Rapid City, SD, October 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1980, 14:15 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 4 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/19801008073199I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE OUT OF RIG AND JAMMED.

## Other reports on N409B (1)

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

- [Incident 19880816054339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880816054339I), Aug 16, 1988: Beech 35BEECH (N409B), Grants, NM, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Go around made as propeller tips struck runway. Landed safely on second try.

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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