# Incident 20170105000099I: Beech M35, Helena, MT, January 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2017, 16:15 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9817R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9817R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 89 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170105000099I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 5 2017 AT ABOUT 16:15 MDT N9817R, A 1960 BEECH MODEL M35 BONANZA WITH SERIAL NUMBER D-6370 LANDED AT KHLN. DUE TO A POPPED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTENED AND THE PIC FAILED TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. RESULTING IN THE LANDING GEAR FAILING TO SUPPORT THE AIRCRAFT AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUIED TO ROLL OUT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND FLAPS WHILE ALSO DESTROYING THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N9817R (1)

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

- [Incident 20120729015689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120729015689I), Jul 29, 2012: Beech M35 (N9817R), Molalla, OR, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted], Pilot certificate no. [privacy data omitted], Was operating N9817R, a BE-35, when he was involved in a gear-up incident at the mulino…

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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