# Incident 20120822017109I: Beech D35, Kalispell, MT, August 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2012, 10:20 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier Park International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3105° N, 114.2560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLACIER PARK INTL (GPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3105&lon=-114.2560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303R-2013-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 140 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120822017109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED POLSON, MT (8S1) RETRACKED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED.  RESET THE BREAKER AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND DID A FLY-BY GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONL (GPI) TOWER, THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE LANDING AT GPI WAS UNEVENTFUL.  MAINTENANCE FOUND A COLLAPSED LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT.  RE-PACKED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT PERFORMED A GEAR SWING AND NO DEFECTS WERE OBSERVED.  THE PILOT DEPARTED GPI WITH THE INTENT OF LEAVING THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED FOR A FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN.  HE LANDED AT GPI AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  IT IS BELEIVED THE PILOT ACTUATED THE GEAR FROM HABIT AND THE BREAKER POPPED UNLOCKING THE NOSE GEAR BUT THE MECHANISM STOPPED PRIOR TO UNLOCKING THE MAIN GEAR RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON TOUCHDOWN.  THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT RETRACT THE GEAR FOR THE FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN FOLLOWING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR MAINTENANCE.

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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