# Incident 19801108079239I: Beech 35BEECH, Rapid City, SD, November 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1980, 12:48 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N3312C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3312C-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 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/19801108079239I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR INDICATION NOT DOWN AND LOCKED FOR LANDING. PASSENGERS TO REAR SEAT. NO DAMAGE ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N3312C (1)

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

- [Incident 19960104000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960104000079I), Jan 4, 1996: Beech E35 (N3312C), Bristow, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: on 01-04-96, at approximately 0930 local, a Beechcraft bonanza, E35, N3312C, piloted by william macleod, sustained minor damage after running off…

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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