# Accident 19820830042669A: Beech B35, Grand Junction, CO, August 30, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1982, 17:07 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3899N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT E1851
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 24 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82DA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820830042669A

## Narrative

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

RETRACT ROD ASSEMBLY BROKE AT TOUCHDOWN CAUSING RIGHT GEAR TO COLLAPSE. P/N35-815125-4.

## 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 DEN82DA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA178), Aug 30, 1982: Beech 35 (N3899N), Grand Junction, CO, 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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