# Incident 20260111000349I: Beech A35, Quincy, IL, January 11, 2026 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 11, 2026, 13:10 local time - Place: Quincy, IL - Airport: Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.9423° N, 91.1924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD (UIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9423&lon=-91.1924&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8695A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8695A-2026-10-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH A35 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 4,286 total, 52 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260111000349I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WITH AN ULTIMATE DESTINATIONN OF KCLL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND OFF THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 22 APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET PAST THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 13-31. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED WITH THE INNER GEAR DOORS PARTIALLY OPENED AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE WELL WITH THE DOORS JAMMED CLOSED. THE MAIN WHEELS WERE RESTING ON THE INNER GEAR DOORS. THE “WHISKEY COMPASS” INDICATED A HEADING OF 340 DEGREES WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. WALKING DOWN RUNWAY 22, TIRE MARKS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE NOSE TIRE COULD BE SEEN BEGINNING AT THE IMMEDIATE EDGE OF RUNWAY 13-31 WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH RUNWAY 22 AND GOUGE MARKS IN THE RUNWAY WERE FOUND THAT WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PROP WERE FOUND. SHORTLY PAST THE MARKS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL, TIRE MARKS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN TIRES WERE FOUND THAT TERMINATED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL DOOR LOCATED ON THE COPILOT SIDE WAS OPEN AND A 20 AMP BREAKER LABELED “LDG GEAR” WAS OPEN AND COULD NOT BE MANUALLY RESET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED VIA LIFTING STRAPS WRAPPED AROUND THE PROP AND ANOTHER STRAP AROUND THE AFT FUSELAGE AFT OF THE BAGGAGE DOOR BY AN EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR. THE OWNER ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS SUSPENDED AND OPERATED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION CRANK 15 FULL ROTATIONS WHICH EXTENDED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CLOSED THE MLG INNER DOORS. ROTATING THE MANUAL EXTENSION HAD NO EFFECT ON THE NLG. THE MLG DID NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH TO MAKE THE OVER CENTER LOCKS ON EITHER MLG SO A STRAP WAS PLACED BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT GEAR BY THE CONTRACTOR TO ENSURE THE GEAR WOULD NOT COLLAPSE WHILE BEING TOWED. THE NLG DOORS WERE PRIED OPEN BY THE CONTRACTOR AND THE NLG WAS PULLED OUT OF THE WELL. THE NLG WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE BY THIS METHOD SO A SECTION OF TUBE AND CLAMPS WERE PLACED ON THE NLG SCISSOR TO SECURE THE NLG IN THE DOWN POSITION. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS PULLED OUT OF ITS WELL, IT WAS NOTED THAT MOVEMENT OF THE NLG HAD NO EFFECT ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT MLG SUGGESTING THAT THE NLG WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION. WITH THE LANDING GEAR SECURED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP BY THE CONTRACTOR. ONCE ON THE RAMP, AN ACCESS PANEL TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BELL CRANK THAT ATTACHES TO THE TRANSMISSION TO OPERATE THE NLG HAD BROKEN. AN EXAMINATION OF THE BELL CRANK INDICATED NO EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS CRACKING OR DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A BENT PROPELLOR AND THE SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE DUE TO A SUDDEN STOPPAGE, DAMAGED INNER MLG DOORS, DAMAGE TO THE SKINS OF THE NOSE BOWL AREA, DAMAGED NLG DOORS, AND A DAMAGED THROTTLE CONTROL VERNIER INSIDE THE COCKPIT. THE FACT THAT THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE COULD BE OPERATED 15 TURNS AND PRODUCE THE RESULTING MOVEMENT OF BOTH MLG AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DOORS INDICATES THAT THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION WORKED AS IT SHOULD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE DAMAGED NLG BELL CRANK WAS MOST LIKELY SEVERED WHEN THE NLG COLLAPSED AND THE FORCE OF THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF THE NLG TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE PLANE (ITS NORMAL DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT) WAS RESISTED BY THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION AND THE FORCE RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE BELL CRANK. 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. 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