# Incident 19850505024279I: Beech A36, Indian Mountain, AK, May 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1985, 13:27 local time
- Place: Indian Mountain, AK
- Airport: Indian Mountain A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 65.9940° N, 153.6963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indian Mountain Long Range Radar Station, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.9940&lon=-153.6963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2043X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2043X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850505024279I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO RAMP PASSENGERS CLIPBOARD HIT GEAR SWITCH CAUSING COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N2043X (2)

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

- [Incident 20200309007089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200309007089I), Mar 9, 2020: Beech A36 (N2043X), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. The airman landed on runway 2R at Fairbanks international airport. During the landing roll and as the airplane slowed down the airman accidentally lifted the…
- [Incident 19881211063979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881211063979I), Dec 11, 1988: Beech A36 (N2043X), Fairbanks, AK. Aborted takeoff because aircraft did not respond normally. Slid off end of runway into a snow bank.

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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