# Incident 20090813049179I: Beech P35, Detroit Lakes, MN, August 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Detroit Lakes, MN
- Airport: Wething Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8076° N, 95.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit Lakes, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8076&lon=-95.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9680Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9680Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 567 total, 285 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090813049179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM FARGO, ND TO PERHAM, MN AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR DID NOT GO DOWN. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR THREE MORE TIMES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. STILL NO INDICATION THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT THEN DIVERTED TO DETROIT LAKES, MN. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH A PILOT ON THE GROUND FOR CONFIRMATION GEAR WAS DOWN, PERFORMED THE FLYOVER AND RECEIVED CONFIRMATION. THE LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE GEAR COLAPSED.

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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