# Incident 20081215854099I: Beech A35, Crookston, MN, December 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2008, 17:15 local time
- Place: Crookston, MN
- Airport: Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8408° N, 96.6222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROOKSTON MUNI/KIRKWOOD FLD (CKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8408&lon=-96.6222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,475 total, 78 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081215854099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR UP POSITION AND DURING RETRACTION A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED LOCKING THE GEAR IN A NEARLY FULL UP POSITION.  VERIFICATION OF THE LANDING GEARS POSITION WAS MADE BY A GROUND OBSERVER AT THE AIRPORT.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH NORMAL OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  A GEAR UP LANDING WAS PERFORMED AT THE CROOKSTON AIRPORT ON GRASS RUNWAY 24.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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