# Incident 20080618841349I: Beech S35, St Louis, MO, June 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N861T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N861T) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080618841349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BY THE NORMAL MEANS.  THE GEAR STARTED TO EXTEND BUT LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT EXTEND ANY FURTHER.  AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AT EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.  HOWEVER, THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ANY FURTHER.  SUBSEQUENTLY THE DIRECTOR MAINTENANCE FOR EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED IN AN EMAIL THAT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS ENTANGLED IN THE CARPET.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM TO THE CARPET ENTANGLEMENT.

## Other reports on N861T (2)

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

- [Accident 20250809012389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250809012389A), Aug 9, 2025: Beech S35 (N861T), Lowell, MI, Substantial damage. I was notified of this incident on Monday August 11, 2025, at 1215 EST. I phoned the roc to report this event. Contacted Lowell airport (24C) manager. He…
- [Incident 20240110004629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240110004629I), Jan 10, 2024: Beech S35 (N861T), Chesterfield, MO, Minor damage. January 10, 2024 aircraft experienced a nose gear collapse upon landing at Spirit of saint Louis airport (sus). The aircraft sustained minor damage that…

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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