# Incident 20210302000859I: Beech H35, Jefferson City, MO, March 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2021, 18:00 local time
- Place: Jefferson City, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5767° N, 92.1735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jefferson City, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5767&lon=-92.1735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210302000859I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BILL MARTIN MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KAOV), AVA, MO, THE LANDING GEAR BECAME MECHANICALLY JAMMED AT MID TRAVEL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO HIS DESTINATION OF KJEF. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDCRANK, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT KJEF WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN AN UNKNOWN CONFIGURATION. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE GEAR DOORS AND STAYED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL STOPPED.

## Other reports on N704Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19820423017659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820423017659I), Apr 23, 1982: Beech H35 (N704Q), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. Inadvertently retracted landing gear on the landing roll.

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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