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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Colorado Spring, CO · November 11, 1986

Date: November 11, 1986 · 16:55 local
Place: Colorado Spring, CO
Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9717R
Reported as: Beech M35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,675 total53 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

N9717RRegistered now · Beech M35S/N D-6395 · Built 1960 Airframe modelBeech M35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear failed to extend during maintenance test flight. Retract idler and rod end found to have failed.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND DURING MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. RETRACT IDLER AND ROD END FOUND TO HAVE FAILED.

Other reports on N9717R · 1

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

Incident 19780523039749ILevel Off Touchdown · Trinidad, COPilot forgot to extend gear after making goaround.May 23, 1978 · Minor damage