# Incident 20090710019489I: Beech A35, Bloomington, IN, July 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2009, 13:43 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8511A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8511A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT E1858
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 75 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090710019489I

## Narrative

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

DURING A FLIGHT FROM COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BAK) TO COLES COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (MTO) THE BEECHCRAFT A35 BONANZA, REGISTRATION NUMBER N8511A, SERIAL NUMBER D-1933, EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE PILOT CONTACTED TERRE HAUTE APPROACH CONTROL BUT WAS REPORTED BACK AS GARBLED COMMUNICATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO  MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT (BMG).  DURING THE TRANSITION TO BMG, THE PILOT INITIATED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE "TURNED THE HANDLE UNTIL IT GOT HARD TO TURN AND THEN TURNED IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES."  THE PILOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AND PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE MAGNETOS, FUEL AND MASTER SWITCH.  UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE WITH THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED AND THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED INTO THE INNER GEAR DOORS.  DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE COWLING, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE RIGHT AND LEFT INNER MAIN GEAR DOORS, AND ACTUATING LINKAGE TO ALL GEAR AND THE LEFT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N8511A (1)

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

- [Incident 19790512028749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790512028749I), May 12, 1979: Beech A35 (N8511A), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during takeoff, ran off left side of runway. Damaged nosewheel strut,doors,prop

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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