# Incident 19880816054339I: Beech 35BEECH, Grants, NM, August 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1988, 17:50 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.1673° N, 107.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS-MILAN MUNI (GNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1673&lon=-107.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E1858
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,781 total, 250 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880816054339I

## Narrative

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

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. GO AROUND MADE AS PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND TRY.

## Other reports on N409B (1)

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

- [Incident 19801008073199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801008073199I), Oct 8, 1980: Beech 35BEECH (N409B), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Landed with nose gear retracted. Nose gear doors were out of rig and jammed.

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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