# Incident 20080810844899I: Beech M35, Spirit Lake, IA, August 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2008
- Place: Spirit Lake, IA
- Airport: Spirit Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3874° N, 95.1395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT LAKE MUNI (0F3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3874&lon=-95.1395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9839R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9839R-2012-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 619 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080810844899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED OMAHA, NE (OMA), DESTINATION SPIRIT LAKE, IA (0F3).  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, THE PLANNED FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 45-55 MINUTES.  ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM HIS DESTINATION, THE PILOT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.  HE SHUT DOWN THE LORAN, FOLLOWED A FEW MINUTES LATER BY THE RADIO MASTER.  HE LANDED A SPIRIT LAKE AIRPORT.  AS HE LANDED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  PILOT STATED HE DID NOT USE THE MANUAL (EMERGENCY) EXTENSION. AMENDED 11/15/2011: THE REGISTRATION # SHOULD BE "N9839R"

## Other reports on N9839R (1)

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

- [Incident 19810605034949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810605034949I), Jun 5, 1981: Beech M35 (N9839R), Missouri Valley, IA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed during landing roll, gear breaker was found poped.

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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