# Incident 20250910019479I: Beech D-45, Hastings, MI, September 10, 2025 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 10, 2025, 18:30 local time - Place: Hastings, MI - Airport: Hastings - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.6633° N, 85.3458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HASTINGS (9D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6633&lon=-85.3458&mi=10 - Aircraft: N234MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234MC) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH D-45 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,667 total, 1,631 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250910019479I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2025, AT 1830 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH D-45 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY AN COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE HASTINGS AIRPORT (9D9) HASTINGS, MICHIGAN. AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS A PASSENGER IN THE AFT SEAT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BATTLE CREEK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (BTL), BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1744. DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT AND INCIDENT AS KNOWN FROM PILOTS: FLIGHT BEGAN FROM BATTLE CREEK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (BTL) WITH THE PRIVATE PILOT AS PIC FLYING FROM THE FRONT SEAT AND COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. PRIVATE PILOT FLEW TO HASTINGS AIRPORT (9D9) AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ENDED WITH A FULL STOP. DURING THE FULL STOP THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT SWITCHED SEATS AND BECAME THE PIC AND HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED ON RWY 30 AND FLEW LEFT TRAFFIC FOR 2 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ON THE 3RD LANDING HE DROPPED FLAPS, THOUGHT HE HAD DROPPED THE GEAR AND STATED HIS VERBAL LANDING CHECKLIST AND HIS FINAL PRELANDING CHECK HE MISSED THE GEAR UP INDICATION IN THE GEAR WINDOWS. THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND SMOOTHLY AT APPROXIMATELY 55-60KTS AND SLID ON PAVEMENT TILL FULLY STOPPED. HE THEN SECURED THE FUEL, BATTERY, AND AVIONICS SWITCHES AND BOTH PILOTS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. ALL 3 PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED AFT AND BOTH EXHAUST AUGMENTER TUBES WERE CRUSHED. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE SCRAPPED ALONG WITH INBOARD AFT EDGES OF FLAPS. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.