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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 35-33 · Mt. Vernon, IL · July 5, 2014

Date
July 5, 2014 · 13:00 local
Place
Mt. Vernon, IL
Airport
Mt. Vernon
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N891R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14CA352
Reported as
Beech 35-33
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total800 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 5, 2014 pilot privacy data omitted departed denver Colorado enroute to his home base airport in Mt. Vernon IL. From a telephone interview by this office on the same day, the pilot stated:

During his flight on his second leg after a fuel stop in Kansas, he first lost his radios, then his DME, transponder and on approach to Mt. Vernon Illinois his flaps would not come down. He said that he lowered his landing gear and he saw a red light but the landing gear indicated down (ok). Upon landing, the right landing gear and nose gear collapsed - runway 23.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 5, 2014 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED DENVER COLORADO ENROUTE TO HIS HOME BASE AIRPORT IN MT. VERNON IL. FROM A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW BY THIS OFFICE ON THE SAME DAY, THE PILOT STATED:

DURING HIS FLIGHT ON HIS SECOND LEG AFTER A FUEL STOP IN KANSAS, HE FIRST LOST HIS RADIOS, THEN HIS DME, TRANSPONDER AND ON APPROACH TO MT. VERNON ILLINOIS HIS FLAPS WOULD NOT COME DOWN. HE SAID THAT HE LOWERED HIS LANDING GEAR AND HE SAW A RED LIGHT BUT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN (OK). UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED - RUNWAY 23.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.