# Incident 20090224008339I: Beech K35, Sturgis, MI, February 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Sturgis, MI
- Airport: Kirsch Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8133° N, 85.4390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRSCH MUNI (IRS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8133&lon=-85.4390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5321E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5321E-2021-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090224008339I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 06.  DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE AND LEFT WING AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  POST INCIDENT AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE CONSISTANT WITH MANUAL RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR DURING ROLL OUT.

## Other reports on N5321E (2)

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

- [Accident 20180901012749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180901012749A), Sep 1, 2018: Beech K35 (N5321E), Harrisville, MI, Substantial damage. Shortly after takeoff PIC aborted, concerned aircraft was not climbing sufficiently to clear treeline off end of runway. Aircraft landed in treeline off end of…
- [Incident 19840201010009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840201010009I), Feb 1, 1984: Beech K35 (N5321E), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Landed on last half of snow covered runway. Ran off the end into a snowbank.

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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