# Incident 19801202085799I: Beech S35, Gaithersburg, MD, December 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1980, 17:45 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5770K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5770K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 158 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/19801202085799I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE LANDING.

## Other reports on N5770K (2)

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

- [Incident 20130202002229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130202002229I), Feb 2, 2013: Beech S35 (N5770K), Frederick, MD, No damage. Run away trim while on approach to Frederick, Maryland airport under IMC.
- [Incident 19900404012419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900404012419I), Apr 4, 1990: Beech S35 (N5770K), Latrobe, PA. Aircraft icing. Requested altitude change. Declared emergency due to rough engine. Landed at Latrobe.

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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