# Accident 20140705010299A: Beech 35-33, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2014, 13:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Vernon, IL
- Airport: Mt. Vernon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3233° N, 88.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3233&lon=-88.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N891R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N891R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140705010299A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA352), Jul 5, 2014: Beech 35 33 (N891R), Mt. Vernon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was extended into the fully locked position.

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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